gloom

«gloom» in Mova's school dictionary: Darkness or near-darkness, as in a dim room or a dark wood — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (uncountable); verb (gloom — rare)

meaning for a pupil

1) Darkness or near-darkness, as in a dim room or a dark wood. tree →

2) A feeling of sadness and hopelessness. tree →

3) (in phrases) «Doom and gloom» means talk that everything will go badly. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it sets a dark, sad or scary mood: «in the gloom of the forest». It also describes how people feel after bad news. «All doom and gloom» is a common everyday phrase. Mole loses his way in the gloom of the Wild Wood as the snow falls.

examples

• Mole stumbled through the gloom of the Wild Wood. tree →
• We could hardly see in the gloom of the cellar. tree →
• A feeling of gloom fell over the team after the defeat. tree →
• Stop the doom and gloom; it's not that bad! tree →
• Her smile lit up the gloom of the hospital ward. tree →
• The long winter gloom made everyone tired. tree →
• Out of the gloom came the friendly light of Badger's door. tree →
• It came as the arrows went, leaving the island in gloom. tree →

note

Uncountable: no «a», no plural. Adjective: gloomy; adverb: gloomily. Two meanings, darkness and sadness, often go together in stories.

In the corpora

• or look unto the earth, behold distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, and outspread thick darkness.
• For is there no gloom to her that was stedfast?
• They are gaunt with want and famine; they gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gloom» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.