Definition of Glooming

1. Adjective. Depressingly dark. "`gloomful' is archaic"

Exact synonyms: Gloomful, Gloomy, Sulky
Similar to: Dark
Derivative terms: Gloom, Gloominess

Definition of Glooming

1. n. Twilight (of morning or evening); the gloaming.

Definition of Glooming

1. Verb. (present participle of gloom) ¹

2. Noun. twilight of morning or evening; the gloaming ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Glooming

1. gloaming [n -S] - See also: gloaming

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glooming

glond
glonoin
glonoine
glonoins
glood
gloom
gloom-and-doomer
gloom-and-doomers
gloomed
gloomful
gloomier
gloomiest
gloomily
gloominess
gloominesses
glooming (current term)
gloomings
gloomish
gloomless
glooms
gloomth
gloomy
gloomy Gus
gloomy Guses
gloop
glooped
gloopier
gloopiest
gloopily
gloopiness

Literary usage of Glooming

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Log of the Snark by Charmian London (1915)
"sea; the rest of us finished supper, sat on deck a little while, watching the glooming islets, and when Jack and I went below, he unpacked his two old ..."

2. The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats: Complete in One Volume by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats (1829)
"... magnificent, Л wet] from the throne aloof-—and when «form-rent Disclosed the thunder-glooming* in Jov*'> .кг. But soothed as now, ll.tsh'd sudden ..."

3. The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best Writers by Lindley Murray (1830)
"8 Tho' in the paths of death I tread, With glooming horrors overspread, For thou, 6 Lord, art with me still; My steadfast heart shall fear no ill; ..."

4. The Magazine of Poetry by Charles Wells Moulton (1891)
"... whirling spray dank as the breath Of manes glooming, when the sea beneath Smote angry fists, till life—sense falling broke About me, gods! ..."

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