2. To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or
sad; to come to the evening twilight.
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The black gibbet glooms beside the way. --Goldsmith.
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[This weary day] . . . at last I see it gloom. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Glooming — Gloom ing, n. [Cf. {Gloaming}.] Twilight (of morning or evening); the gloaming. [1913 Webster] When the faint glooming in the sky First lightened into day. Trench. [1913 Webster] The balmy glooming, crescent lit. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
glooming — glooming; glooming·ly; … English syllables
glooming — adjective depressingly dark the gloomy forest the glooming interior of an old inn gloomful is archaic • Syn: ↑gloomy, ↑gloomful, ↑sulky • Similar to: ↑dark … Useful english dictionary
glooming — gluËm n. darkness, dimness; sadness, depression, melancholy v. act depressed, be gloomy, be sad; become dark, become dim … English contemporary dictionary
gloomingly — glooming·ly … English syllables
Swordbird — Infobox Book | #REDIRECT Sword bird name = Swordbird author = Nancy Yi Fan illustrator = Mark Zug cover artist = Mark Zug country = United States language = English genre = Children s Fantasy novel publisher = HarperCollins Children s Books… … Wikipedia
gloomful — adjective depressingly dark the gloomy forest the glooming interior of an old inn gloomful is archaic • Syn: ↑glooming, ↑gloomy, ↑sulky • Similar to: ↑dark … Useful english dictionary
Cloak — Cloak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cloaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cloaking}.] To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal. [1913 Webster] Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter. Spenser. Syn: See {Palliate}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cloaked — Cloak Cloak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cloaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cloaking}.] To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal. [1913 Webster] Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter. Spenser. Syn: See {Palliate}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cloaking — Cloak Cloak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cloaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cloaking}.] To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal. [1913 Webster] Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter. Spenser. Syn: See {Palliate}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
