GLOOM


Meaning of GLOOM in English

n. & v.

--n.

1. darkness; obscurity.

2 melancholy; despondency.

3 poet. a dark place.

--v.

1. intr. be gloomy or melancholy; frown.

2 intr. (of the sky etc.) be dull or threatening; lour.

3 intr. appear darkly or obscurely.

4 tr. cover with gloom; make dark or dismal.

Etymology: ME gloum(b)e, of unkn. orig.: cf. GLUM

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.