Definition for Gloom:

• Partial darkness: cloudiness: heaviness of mind, sadness: hopelessness: sullenness.

Synonyms for Gloom:

• n.

  •
  • murk,
  • shadow.
  •
  • dumps,
  • mope.
  •blackness (noun)
  • dimness,
  • blackness,
  • dinginess,
  • jet blackness.
  •dark (noun)
  • murkiness,
  • semi-darkness.
  •darkness (noun)
  • murky,
  • pitch-dark,
  • pitch black,
  • dusky,
  • shadowy.
  •darkness, blackness (noun)
  • duskiness,
  • twilight,
  • shade,
  • obscurity,
  • bleakness,
  • cloudiness.
  •dejection (noun)
  • despondency.
  •depression (noun)
  • cheerlessness,
  • blue devils,
  • dispiritedness,
  • woefulness.
  •doldrums (noun)
  • dismals.
  •feeling (noun)
  • somberness,
  • sombreness.
  •gloom (noun)
  • glumness.
  •hopelessness (noun)
  • defeatism,
  • desperation.
  •melancholy, depression (noun)
  • distress,
  • sadness,
  • malaise,
  • foreboding,
  • dolor,
  • chagrin,
  • vexation,
  • mopes,
  • anguish,
  • weariness,
  • sorrow,
  • discouragement,
  • saturninity,
  • horror,
  • mourning,
  • dullness,
  • oppression,
  • catatonia,
  • morbidity,
  • misgiving,
  • heaviness,
  • bitterness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • doldrums,
  • dysphoria,
  • blues,
  • downheartedness,
  • heavy-heartedness,
  • ill humor,
  • mournfulness.
  •
  • overcast,
  • dejection,
  • eclipse,
  • overshadow,
  • becloud,
  • befog,
  • blear,
  • obfuscate.
  •
  • blur.
  •frown
  • glower,
  • frown,
  • scowl,
  • look black.
  •Other relevant words:
  • blot out,
  • black,
  • discomfort,
  • blurriness,
  • tenebrous,
  • darkened,
  • wearisomeness,
  • overcloud,
  • Desolateness,
  • worry,
  • sobriety,
  • moroseness,
  • concave,
  • dismal,
  • pitiful,
  • angst,
  • deject,
  • befuddle,
  • sink,
  • graveness,
  • disguise,
  • calamity,
  • disgust,
  • apathy,
  • Darkle,
  • dejected,
  • sad,
  • despond,
  • wretchedness,
  • depress,
  • damp,
  • conceal,
  • prostrate,
  • dejectedness,
  • literary,
  • grow dark,
  • luridness,
  • hide,
  • frown upon,
  • miserable,
  • spleen,
  • break one's heart,
  • anhedonia,
  • hardship,
  • dash,
  • anger,
  • Glout,
  • adversity,
  • dispirited,
  • confuse,
  • distressing,
  • faintness,
  • make a long face,
  • bewilder,
  • lower,
  • shades,
  • skiagram,
  • soberness,
  • gruff,
  • blue,
  • glimmer,
  • grimace,
  • sadden,
  • suds,
  • hopeless,
  • blacken,
  • Tenebrosity,
  • resignation,
  • Dismalness,
  • grayness,
  • anxiousness,
  • cloud over,
  • alter,
  • sullenness,
  • grow dim,
  • cast a shadow,
  • black out,
  • depressed,
  • annoyance,
  • fury,
  • brown,
  • Obnubilate,
  • heartache,
  • misfortune,
  • dolour,
  • bedarken,
  • dim,
  • shadowiness,
  • grimness,
  • Encloud,
  • embrown,
  • night-time,
  • cheerless,
  • Gloam,
  • skiagraph,
  • Sombrousness,
  • solemnity,
  • cultured,
  • shadiness,
  • blue violets,
  • aggrieve,
  • low,
  • silhouette,
  • ghost,
  • nebulousness,
  • Umbrageousness,
  • confound,
  • Obumbrate,
  • taedium vitae,
  • clouded,
  • erudite,
  • adumbrate,
  • dreary,
  • occult,
  • doleful,
  • discourage,
  • make a moue,
  • lugubriousness,
  • somber,
  • perturb,
  • heartsickness,
  • sourness,
  • pout,
  • distressed,
  • unman,
  • anxiety,
  • Infestivity,
  • gravity,
  • dull,
  • dispirit,
  • mist,
  • lowering,
  • Tenebrousness,
  • bookish,
  • dishearten,
  • bemuse,
  • darken,
  • sorrowfulness,
  • bedevil,
  • trial,
  • bad,
  • black dog,
  • haze,
  • solemn,
  • ignorance,
  • trouble,
  • affliction,
  • umbrage,
  • gloomy,
  • darkish,
  • outweigh,
  • regret,
  • darkling,
  • sullen.

Paraphrases for Gloom:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Capita, dive, sombre, unhappiness.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    pessimism, darkness, sorrow, dark, obscurity, misery.

Antonyms for Gloom:

• n.

  • melancholy, depression
    comfort, light, joyfulness, sunniness, encouragement, gladness, brightness, joy, animation, sparkle, hopefulness, contentedness, cheerfulness, pleasure, confidence, trust, vivaciousness, cheer, happiness, delight, contentment.
  • Other antonyms:
    luminousness, moonlight, luminosity, effulgence, jubilation, sunlight, exultation, gladsomeness, felicity, content, sunshine, exuberance, joyousness, radiancy, starlight, lightness, day, optimism, lightheartedness, rapturousness, humor, daylight, brilliance.

Hyponym for Gloom:

• n.

  • feeling
    apprehensiveness, apprehension, dread, melancholy.
  • state
    semidarkness.