gloominess

Noun

Open English WordNet

Noun (4)

  1. an atmosphere of depression and melancholy“gloom pervaded the office”Synonyms: gloomglumnessType of atmosphere, ambianceKinds bleakness, cloud
  2. a feeling of melancholy apprehensionSynonyms: gloomsombernesssombrenessType of melancholy, apprehension
  3. the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulnessSynonyms: lugubriousnesssadnessType of uncheerfulness
  4. The property of having a frowning or scowling appearance.“Virgil has alluded to the gloominess of his countenance in a passage which has given great disgust to the critics.”Type of expression, look
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Gloom′i·ness noun

State of being gloomy. Joseph Addison

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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