Glooming
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Glooming is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of gloom.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of gloom.
More Meanings
- Twilight of morning or evening; the gloaming.
- Gloomy behaviour; melancholy.
Example Sentences
When the faint glooming in the sky / First lightened into day
What devil, woman! pluck up your heart, and leave off all this glooming.
[T]he balmy glooming, crescent-lit, / Spread the light haze along the river-shores, / And in the hollows; […]
Word Forms
- gloomings
Synonyms for glooming
Depending on context, synonyms include crepuscule, twilight, vespers, misery, sadness, sorrow.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dark, gloomy, gloomful, gloam, nightglow, glome.
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