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# gloom

noun (uncountable); verb (gloom — rare)

«gloom» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Darkness or near-darkness, as in a dim room or a dark wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gloom/#m1)
2. A feeling of sadness and hopelessness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gloom/#m2)
3. (in phrases) «Doom and gloom» means talk that everything will go badly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gloom/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gloom/#x1)
- We could hardly see in the gloom of the cellar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gloom/#x2)
- A feeling of gloom fell over the team after the defeat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gloom/#x3)
- Stop the doom and gloom; it's not that bad! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gloom/#x4)
- Her smile lit up the gloom of the hospital ward. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gloom/#x5)
- The long winter gloom made everyone tired. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gloom/#x6)
- Out of the gloom came the friendly light of Badger's door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gloom/#x7)
- It came as the arrows went, leaving the island in gloom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gloom/#x8)

### Note

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

## In Jewish tradition

Deep darkness. Isaiah and Job use it for distress and trouble.

**Interpretation.** Isaiah says the gloom will lift for the northern tribes. The tradition reads this as a promise of light after darkness, a sign of redemption.

### Examples

- For is there no gloom to her that was stedfast? (Prophets ISA.8.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gloom/#x1)
- or look unto the earth, behold distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, and outspread thick darkness. (Prophets ISA.8.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gloom/#x2)
- They are gaunt with want and famine; they gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation. (Writings JOB.30.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gloom/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gloom» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gloom/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gloom» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gloom.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «gloom» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gloom/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gloom» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/gloom.html) on Mova free.