Gloom (gl&oomacr_;m), n. [AS. glōm 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, gloomy, or dark place or grove.[1913 Webster]
Before a gloom of stubborn-shafted oaks.
3. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.[1913 Webster]
A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by fits.
4. In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.[1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Darkness; dimness; obscurity; heaviness; dullness; depression; melancholy; dejection; sadness. See Darkness.[1913 Webster]
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 Webster]
The black gibbet glooms beside the way.
[This weary day] . . . at last I see it gloom.
Gloom, v. t. 1. To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.[1913 Webster]
A bow window . . . gloomed with limes.
A black yew gloomed the stagnant air.
2. To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.[1913 Webster]
Such a mood as that which lately gloomedYour fancy.
What sorrows gloomed that parting day.