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Darkness, dimness, or obscurity. / A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere. / Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.

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gloom

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Source Word

gloom

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɡluːm/

Noun

uncountable usually

Japanese Meaning

暗闇、薄暗さ、かすみ / 陰鬱、憂鬱な雰囲気、落ち込み感 / 心の曇り、重苦しさ、悲哀

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After the storm, a heavy gloom settled over the town, making even the brightest colors seem muted.

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嵐の後、町に重い薄暗さが漂い、最も明るい色さえくすんで見えた。

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Sense（1）

Darkness, dimness, or obscurity.

the gloom of a forest, or of midnight

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Sense（2）

A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere.

A sudden little river crossed my path / As unexpected as a serpent comes. / No sluggish tide congenial to the glooms— / This, as it frothed by, might have been a bath / For the fiend's glowing hoof—to see the wrath / Of its black eddy bespate with flakes and spumes.

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