Webster's English Dictionary

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gloom

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  1. sadness               
 
1. gloom \'glu:m\ vb [ME gloumen; akin to OE geolu yellow - more at YELLOW] 
   1: to look sullen or despondent  2: to be or become overcast  3: to loom up 
   dimly or somberly  1: SADDEN  2: to make dark, murky, or somber 
2. gloom n 1a: partial or total darkness  1b: a dark place  2a: lowness of 
   spirits : DEJECTION  2b: an atmosphere of despondency