glooms

glooms

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [gloomz]
- /glumz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [gloomz]
- /glumz/

Definitions of glooms word

noun glooms total or partial darkness; dimness. 1
noun glooms a state of melancholy or depression; low spirits. 1
noun glooms a despondent or depressed look or expression. 1
verb without object glooms to appear or become dark, dim, or somber. 1
verb without object glooms to look sad, dismal, or dejected; frown. 1
verb with object glooms to fill with gloom; make gloomy or sad; sadden. 1

See all 9 definitions of glooms

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Origin of glooms

First appearance:

before 1735

One of the 48% newest English words

First recorded in 1735-45; See origin at gloom, -s3

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Parts of speech for Glooms

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Glooms

glooms popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

glooms usage trend in Literature

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