English-Thai Dictionary

gloom

N ความมืด  ความมืด มัว  ความเศร้า โศก  dark dimness kwam-mued

 

glooming

N พลบค่ำ  eventide twilight nightfall

 

gloomy

ADJ มืดมัว  ทึมๆ  dim clouded mued-mua

 

gloomy

ADJ เศร้าหมอง  หมอง หม่น  เศร้าสร้อย  สิ้นหวัง  sad depressed joyful sao-mong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GLOOM

n. 1. Obscurity; partial or total darkness; thick shade; as the gloom of a forest, or the gloom of midnight.
2. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow. We say, the mind is sunk into gloom; a gloom overspreads the mind.
3. Darkness of prospect or aspect.
4. Sullenness.

 

GLOOM

v.i.To shine obscurely or imperfectly. 1. To be cloudy, dark or obscure.
2. To be melancholy or dejected.

 

GLOOM

v.t.To obscure; to fill with gloom; to darken; to make dismal.

 

GLOOMILY

adv. [from gloomy. ] Obscurely; dimly; darkly; dismally. 1. With melancholy aspect; sullenly; not cheerfully.

 

GLOOMINESS

n.Want of light; obscurity; darkness; dismalness. 1. Want of cheerfulness; cloudiness of look; heaviness of mind; melancholy; as, to involve the mind in gloominess.

 

GLOOMY

a.[from gloom. ] Obscure; imperfectly illuminated; or dark; dismal; as the gloomy cells of a convent; the gloomy shades of night. 1. Wearing the aspect of sorrow; melancholy; clouded; dejected; depressed; heavy of heart; as a gloomy countenance or state of mind; a gloomy temper.
2. Of a dark complexion. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GLOOM

Gloom (gloom ), n. Etym: [AS. glom twilight, from the root of E. glow. See Glow, and cf. Glum, Gloam. ]

 

1. Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight.

 

2. A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove. Before a gloom of stubborn-shafted oaks. Tennyson.

 

3. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness. A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by fits. Burke.

 

4. In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.

 

Syn. -- Darkness; dimness; obscurity; heaviness; dullness; depression; melancholy; dejection; sadness. See Darkness.

 

GLOOM

Gloom, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gloomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glooming. ]

 

1. To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.

 

2. To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight. The black gibbet glooms beside the way. Goldsmith. [This weary day ]... at last I see it gloom. Spenser.

 

GLOOM

GLOOM Gloom, v. t.

 

1. To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken. A bow window. .. gloomed with limes. Walpole. A black yew gloomed the stagnant air. Tennyson.

 

2. To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen. Such a mood as that which lately gloomed Your fancy. Tennison. What sorrows gloomed that parting day. Goldsmith.

 

GLOOMILY

GLOOMILY Gloom "i *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a gloomy manner.

 

GLOOMINESS

GLOOMINESS Gloom "i *ness, n.

 

Defn: State of being gloomy. Addison.

 

GLOOMING

Gloom "ing, n. Etym: [Cf. Gloaming. ]

 

Defn: Twilight (of morning or evening ); the gloaming. When the faint glooming in the sky First lightened into day. Trench. The balmy glooming, crescent-lit. Tennyson.

 

GLOOMTH

GLOOMTH Gloomth, n.

 

Defn: Gloom. [R.] Walpole.

 

GLOOMY

Gloom "y, a. [Compar. Gloomier; superl. Gloomiest.]

 

1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest shade. " Milton.

 

2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance.

 

Syn. -- Dark; dim; dusky; dismal; cloudy; moody; sullen; morose; melancholy; sad; downcast; depressed; dejected; disheartened.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gloom

gloom |glo͞om ɡlum | ▶noun 1 partial or total darkness: he strained his eyes peering into the gloom. • literary a dark or shady place. 2 a state of depression or despondency: a year of economic gloom for the car industry | his gloom deepened. ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 literary have a dark or somber appearance: the black gibbet glooms beside the way. • [ with obj. ] cover with gloom; make dark or dismal: a black yew gloom'd the stagnant air. 2 be or look depressed or despondent: Charles was always glooming about money. PHRASES gloom and doom see doom. ORIGIN late Middle English (as a verb ): of unknown origin.

 

gloomy

gloom y |ˈglo͞omē ˈɡlumi | ▶adjective ( gloomier, gloomiest ) dark or poorly lit, esp. so as to appear depressing or frightening: a gloomy corridor. • feeling distressed or pessimistic: I am by no means gloomy about the prospects for domestic industry. • causing distress or depression: a gloomy atmosphere. DERIVATIVES gloom i ly |-məlē |adverb, gloom i ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

gloom

gloom |gluːm | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 partial or total darkness: he strained his eyes peering into the gloom. • [ count noun ] literary a dark or shady place. 2 a state of depression or despondency: a year of economic gloom for the car industry | his gloom deepened. ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 literary have a dark or sombre appearance: the black gibbet glooms beside the way. • [ with obj. ] make dark or dismal. 2 be or look depressed or despondent: Charles was always glooming about money. PHRASES gloom and doom see doom. ORIGIN late Middle English (as a verb ): of unknown origin.

 

gloomy

gloomy |ˈgluːmi | ▶adjective ( gloomier, gloomiest ) 1 dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening: a gloomy corridor badly lit by oil lamps. 2 causing or feeling depression or despondency: gloomy forecasts about the economy. DERIVATIVES gloomily adverb, gloominess noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

gloom

gloom noun 1 she peered into the gloom: darkness, dark, dimness, blackness, murkiness, shadows, shade; dusk, twilight, gloaming. ANTONYMS light. 2 his gloom deepened: despondency, depression, dejection, melancholy, melancholia, downheartedness, unhappiness, sadness, glumness, gloominess, misery, sorrow, woe, wretchedness; despair, pessimism, hopelessness; informal the blues, the dumps. ANTONYMS happiness.

 

gloomy

gloomy adjective 1 a gloomy room: dark, shadowy, sunless, dim, somber, dingy, dismal, dreary, murky, unwelcoming, cheerless, comfortless, funereal; literary Stygian. ANTONYMS bright, sunny. 2 Joanna looked gloomy: despondent, downcast, downhearted, dejected, dispirited, disheartened, discouraged, demoralized, crestfallen; depressed, desolate, low, sad, unhappy, glum, melancholy, miserable, woebegone, mournful, forlorn, morose; informal blue, down in /at the mouth, down in the dumps; literary dolorous. ANTONYMS happy, cheerful. 3 gloomy forecasts about the economy: pessimistic, depressing, downbeat, disheartening, disappointing; unfavorable, bleak, bad, black, somber, grim, cheerless, hopeless. ANTONYMS upbeat, optimistic.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gloom

gloom noun 1 Sharpe peered into the gloom: darkness, semi-darkness, dark, gloominess, dimness, blackness, murkiness, murk, shadows, shade, shadiness, obscurity; dusk, twilight, gloaming; rare tenebrosity. ANTONYMS light. 2 his gloom deepened: despondency, depression, dejection, downheartedness, dispiritedness, heavy-heartedness, melancholy, melancholia, unhappiness, sadness, glumness, gloominess, low spirits, dolefulness, misery, sorrow, sorrowfulness, forlornness, woefulness, woe, wretchedness, lugubriousness, moroseness, mirthlessness, cheerlessness; despair, pessimism, hopelessness, the slough of despond, negativity; German Weltschmerz; informal the blues, the dumps; N. Amer. informal the blahs; rare mopery. ANTONYMS happiness.

 

gloomy

gloomy adjective 1 a gloomy room filled with mahogany furniture: dark, ill-lit, poorly lit, shadowy, sunless, dim, sombre, dingy, frowzy, drab, dismal, dreary, murky, depressing, unwelcoming, uninviting, cheerless, joyless, comfortless, funereal; grey, leaden, overcast, cloudy; literary crepuscular, tenebrous; rare Stygian, Tartarean, caliginous, subfusc. ANTONYMS bright, sunny, well lit. 2 Joanna looked gloomy | his gloomy expression: despondent, downcast, downhearted, dejected, disconsolate, dispirited, crestfallen, cast down, depressed, disappointed, disheartened, discouraged, demoralized, desolate, heavy-hearted, in low spirits, low-spirited, sad, unhappy, glum, full of gloom, doleful, melancholy, miserable, woebegone, mournful, sorrowful, forlorn, long-faced, fed up, in the doldrums, subdued, wretched, lugubrious, Eeyorish, morose, sepulchral, saturnine, dour, mirthless, woeful; informal blue, down, down in the mouth, down in the dumps; Brit. informal brassed off, cheesed off, looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny; literary dolorous; archaic chap-fallen, adust. ANTONYMS happy, cheerful. 3 gloomy forecasts about the economy: pessimistic, depressing, downbeat, looking on the black side, disheartening, disappointing, dispiriting, unpromising, unfavourable, bleak, bad, dark, black, sombre, melancholy, saddening, distressing, grim, cheerless, comfortless, hopeless. ANTONYMS optimistic, upbeat.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gloom

gloom /ɡluːm /〖語源は 「顔を曇らせる 」〗名詞 U 1 〖the ～〗｟文 ｠薄暗がり , 暗やみ (!darknessほど暗くはない ) ; ｟詩 ｠暗い陰 [場所 ]▸ He looked like a ghost in the gloom .薄暗い中にいると彼は幽霊のように見えた 2 〖時にa ～〗(心の )陰うつ , 憂うつ (melancholy ), 悲哀 ; (境遇などの )暗さ ▸ cast a gloom over the country 全国民に暗影を投じる 動詞 自動詞 1 薄暗くなる; 〈空が 〉曇る, 険悪になる .2 陰気 [憂うつ ]になる, 落胆する ; « …に » 顔をしかめる «at , on » .他動詞 1 …を (薄 )暗くする .2 …を陰気にする .

 

gloomy

gloom y /ɡlúːmi /→gloom 形容詞 -ier ; -iest 1 〈人 表情などが 〉 «…について » 悲観的な , 陰うつな , 憂うつな «about » ; 〈境遇などが 〉暗い ▸ feel gloomy about the future 将来を考えると憂うつになる ▸ take a gloomy view of A Aを悲観的に見る 2 〈事態 状況などが 〉期待の持てない, 暗い ▸ a gloomy economic outlook 暗たんたる経済の先行き 3 〈場所などが 〉薄暗い , 陰気な ▸ a gloomy room in the basement 地下の薄暗い部屋 gl ó om i ly 副詞 憂うつに, 陰気に .gl ó om i ness 名詞