gloom

About 3.22 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Darkness, dimness, or obscurity.

   the gloom of a forest, or of midnight

2. noun A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere.
3. noun Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
4. noun A drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture.
5. verb To be dark or gloomy.
6. verb To look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.
7. verb To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
8. verb To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.

Similar words

sombreness gloominess somberness glumness sombre obscurity darkness murk drear blues

Often followed by

of and over that which in was to the

Word family

gloomed glooming glooms