glooming

as inobscure
as inscowl
as insulk
as inbrood
as inbedim
as incloud
as infrown
as inglower

Synonyms for glooming

verb conceal, hide

Antonyms for glooming

Word Origin & History

c.1300 as a verb, "to look sullen or displeased," perhaps from Scandinavian (cf. Norwegian dialectal glome "to stare somberly"). Not considered to be related to Old English glom "twilight," but perhaps to Middle Low German glum "turbid," Dutch gluren "to leer." The noun is 1590s in Scottish, "sullen look," from the verb. Sense of "darkness, obscurity" is first recorded 1629 in Milton's poetry; that of "melancholy" is 1744 (gloomy in this sense is attested from 1580s).

Example Sentences for glooming

But Donny was glooming over his wrongs, and neither heard nor wanted to hear.

And instead of glooming life, it because it is the power of love.

"Let us get out of this glooming, and where we can see a rod around us," suggested the jailer.

The Barone, glooming in an obscure corner of the conservatory, saw them come in.

Marian, coming in a few minutes later, found her glooming there still.

Lucien was afraid to speak, and William was just "glooming."

The glooming veil was gone from around the ice-shelled man and woman.

Then she turned clear and guileless eyes on her glooming seatmate.

He greeted her glooming brother with a jolly "Hello, Boyne!"

Anthea found Cyril glooming over his paper boats, and told him.