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gloom
noun
a feeling of melancholy apprehension
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ɡluːm
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noun
a feeling of melancholy apprehension
noun
a state of partial or total darkness
“he struck a match to dispel the gloom”
noun
an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
“gloom pervaded the office”
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he struck a match to dispel the gloom
gloom pervaded the office
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