Those gloom and doom economists aren't worth their salt.
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Gloom
//ɡluːm//
Synonyms for "gloom" (143 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (43)
Related words (71)
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8 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
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4 entriesrelated to
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
Translations
86 translations across 24 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- γνόφος noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
- στυγνία noun (depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere)
Bulgarian
4 entries- меланхолия noun (depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere)
- мрак noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
- мрачност noun (depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere)
- тъмнина noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
Catalan
2 entries- foscor noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
- tristesa noun (depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere)
Dutch
1 entries- duisternis noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
Esperanto
1 entries- morno noun (depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere)
Finnish
3 entries- ankeus noun (depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere)
- ankeus noun (cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness)
- hämy noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
French
4 entries- grisaille noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
- morosité noun (depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere)
- morosité noun (cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness)
- noirceur noun (depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere)
Galician
4 entries- cendra noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
- cendra noun (depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere)
- escuridade noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
- fusco noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
Georgian
4 entries- ბნელეთი noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
- ბნელი noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
- გულგატეხილობა noun (cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness)
- დაღვრემილობა noun (cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness)
German
4 entries- Dunkelheit noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
- Düsternis noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
- Melancholie noun (cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness)
- Niedergeschlagenheit noun (cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness)
Greek
4 entries- αποθάρρυνση noun (cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness)
- ζόφος noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
- κατήφεια noun (cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness)
- μελαγχολία noun (depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere)
Hebrew
2 entries- דיכאון noun (depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere)
- חשך noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
Irish
1 entries- gruaim noun (cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness)
Italian
4 entries- buio noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
- depressione noun (depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere)
- oscurità noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
- tenebre noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
Latin
1 entries- mōrōsitās noun (depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere)
Māori
2 entries- hiawe noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
- pōuritanga noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- وحشت noun (cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness)
Portuguese
4 entries- escuridão noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
- escuro noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
- melancolia noun (depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere)
- trevas noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
Romanian
2 entries- melancolie noun (depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere)
- întunecare noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
Russian
4 entries- мгла noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
- мрак noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
- темнота́ noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
- тьма noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
Sanskrit
1 entries- तमस् noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
Spanish
3 entries- melancolía noun (cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness)
- penumbra noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
- tristeza noun (depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere)
Welsh
1 entries- caddug noun (darkness, dimness, or obscurity)
Yiddish
1 entries- אומעט noun (depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
When you were a child you feared the gloom.
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Intermittent flashes of lightning illuminated the dark gloom of the forest.
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I hoped you could hurl some lumens into the gloom.
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