gloom

gloom
1. n мрак; темнота, тьма

a gloom unbroken, except by a lamp burning feebly — глубокий мрак, через который с трудом пробивался свет слабой лампы

deep gloom — глубокий мрак

Stygian gloom — адский мрак

bottomless gloom — беспросветный мрак

circumambient gloom — беспросветный мрак

2. n тёмное, неосвещённое, погружённое в темноту место

I could scarcely trace her features in the gloom — в темноте я едва мог различить её лицо

3. n мрачность, уныние, подавленное настроение

the gloom of solitude — тоска одиночества

his life seemed filled with gloom — казалось, в его жизни не было ничего светлого

the news of defeat filled them all with gloom — сообщение о поражении повергло их всех в уныние

4. v хмуриться; заволакиваться
5. v иметь хмурый или унылый вид
6. v быть в мрачном настроении, быть в унынии

he was wise in not glooming over trifles — у него хватило ума не расстраиваться по пустякам

7. v омрачать, вызывать уныние

what sorrows gloomed that day? — какая печаль омрачила тот день?

8. v темнеть

this weary day began to gloom at last — наконец-то этот утомительный день стал близиться к концу

Синонимический ряд:
1. depression (noun) anguish; dejection; depression; despair; despondency; doldrums; glumness; malaise; melancholy; pessimism
2. gloominess (noun) dark; darkness; dimness; dusk; gloominess; murk; obscurity; shade; shadow; shadows
3. misery (noun) misery; woe
4. sadness (noun) blues; dinge; dumps; dysphoria; heavyheartedness; mopes; mournfulness; sadness; suds; the dismals; the dolefuls; unhappiness
5. frown (verb) frown; glower; lower; scowl
6. obscure (verb) adumbrate; becloud; bedim; befog; blear; blur; cloud; darken; dim; dislimn; dull; eclipse; fog; haze; mist; murk; obfuscate; obscure; overcast; overcloud; overshadow; shadow
Антонимический ряд:
brightness; effulgence; glee; happiness; joy; light

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  • Gloom — (gl[=oo]m), n. [AS. gl[=o]m twilight, from the root of E. glow. See {Glow}, and cf. {Glum}, {Gloam}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight. [1913 Webster] 2. A shady,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gloom — [ glum ] noun uncount * 1. ) darkness in which it is difficult to see clearly: Harry peered into the gathering gloom. 2. ) the feeling of having no hope: a time of high unemployment and economic gloom gloom over/about: There is general gloom… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • gloom — [glu:m] n [singular, U] 1.) literary almost complete darkness ▪ He peered into the gathering (=increasing) gloom. 2.) a feeling of great sadness and lack of hope ▪ a time of high unemployment and economic gloom →doom and gloom at ↑doom2 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Gloom — Gloom, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gloomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glooming}.] 1. To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer. [1913 Webster] 2. To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gloom — Gloom, v. t. 1. To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken. [1913 Webster] A bow window . . . gloomed with limes. Walpole. [1913 Webster] A black yew gloomed the stagnant air. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. To fill with gloom; to make sad,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gloom — UK US /gluːm/ noun [U] ► feelings of worry that things are bad and will not improve: »There is widespread doom and gloom about the company s future. »The market gloom was caused by fears of recession …   Financial and business terms

  • gloom — vb lower, glower, *frown, scowl Contrasted words: *threaten, menace gloom n dejection, depression, melancholy, melancholia, *sadness, blues, dumps Analogous words: despondency, forlornness, hopelessness, despair, desperation (see under… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • gloom — [n1] melancholy, depression anguish, bitterness, blue devils*, blue funk*, blues*, catatonia, chagrin, cheerlessness, dejection, desolation, despair, despondency, disconsolateness, discouragement, dismals, distress, doldrums, dolor,… …   New thesaurus


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