gloominess
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Noun (4)
- an atmosphere of depression and melancholy“gloom pervaded the office”Synonyms: gloomglumnessType of atmosphere, ambianceKinds bleakness, cloud
- a feeling of melancholy apprehensionSynonyms: gloomsombernesssombrenessType of melancholy, apprehension
- the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulnessSynonyms: lugubriousnesssadnessType of uncheerfulness
- 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