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gloom

/glum/

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noun
an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
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"gloom pervaded the office"

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gloominess glumness

type of:
atmosphere ambience ambiance
noun
a feeling of melancholy apprehension
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gloominess somberness sombreness

type of:
apprehension apprehensiveness dread melancholy
noun
a state of partial or total darkness
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"he struck a match to dispel the gloom"

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somberness sombreness

type of:
semidarkness

Examples of gloom

"gloom pervaded the office"
"he struck a match to dispel the gloom"