gloom
a state of partial or total darkness
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,477 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,870 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a state of partial or total darkness also: somberness, sombreness he struck a match to dispel the gloom
- a feeling of melancholy apprehension also: gloominess, somberness, sombreness
- an atmosphere of depression and melancholy also: gloominess, glumness gloom pervaded the office
gloom in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But here Mr. Yonowsky lapsed into gloom.
Little Citizens: The Humours of School Life · Myra Kelly · Chapter 1
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All my gloom had returned by the time I was in bed.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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Gloom again overtook him at the booking-office, where the unconscionable Mr. Stiles insisted firmly upon a first-class ticket.
Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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There had been a day of hushed voices and much weeping and gloom, and he had been afraid to play.
The Lure of the Dim Trails · B. M. Bower · Chapter 1
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They stood together in the gloom of the spruces, an empty world glimmering about them wide and grey under the stars.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1