Meaning Of Gloom

n.

Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight.
n.

A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove.
n.

Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
n.

In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.
v. i.

To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.
v. i.

To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight.
v. t.

To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
v. t.

To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.