Part 4847

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight.</def>

<blockquote>The black gibbet <b>glooms</b> beside the way. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>[This weary day] . . . at last I see it <b>gloom</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Gloom</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.</def>

<blockquote>A bow window . . . <b>gloomed</b> with limes. <i>Walpole.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A black yew <b>gloomed</b> the stagnant air. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.</def>

<blockquote>Such a mood as that which lately <b>gloomed</b> Your fancy. <i>Tennison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>What sorrows <b>gloomed</b> that parting day. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Gloom"i*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a gloomy manner.</def>

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<hw>Gloom"i*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being gloomy.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

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<hw>Gloom"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Gloaming</er>.]</ety> <def>Twilight (of morning or evening); the gloaming.</def>

<blockquote>When the faint <b>glooming</b> in the sky First lightened into day. <i>Trench.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The balmy <b>glooming</b>, crescent-lit. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Gloomth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Gloom.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Walpole.</i>

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<hw>Gloom"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Gloomier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Gloomiest</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; <as>as, the cavern was <ex>gloomy</ex></as>.</def> "Though hid in <i>gloomiest</i> shade."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; <as>as, a <ex>gloomy</ex> temper or countenance</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Dark; dim; dusky; dismal; cloudy; moody; sullen; morose; melancholy; sad; downcast; depressed; dejected; disheartened.</syn>

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