gloom

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1. 1.A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove. Before a gloom of stubborn-shafted oaks. Tennyson .
2. 2.Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness. A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by fits. Burke.
3. 3.In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven. See Darkness.
4. 4.To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.
5. 5.To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight. The black gibbet glooms beside the way. Goldsmith. [This weary day] . . . at last I see it gloom. Spenser.
6. 6.To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken. A bow window . . . gloomed with limes. Walpole. A black yew gloomed the stagnant air. Tennyson.
7. 7.To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen. Such a mood as that which lately gloomed Your fancy. Tennison. What sorrows gloomed that parting day. Goldsmith.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove. Before a gloom of stubborn-shafted oaks. Tennyson called?
• What is cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness. A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by fits. Burke called?
• What is in gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven. See Darkness called?
• What is to shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer called?
• What is to render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken. A bow window . . . gloomed with limes. Walpole. A black yew gloomed the stagnant air. Tennyson called?
• What is to fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen. Such a mood as that which lately gloomed Your fancy. Tennison. What sorrows gloomed that parting day. Goldsmith called?