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Webster 1913 Edition


Glooming

Gloom′ing

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Gloaming
.]
Twilight (of morning or evening); the gloaming.
When the faint
glooming
in the sky
First lightened into day.
Trench.
The balmy
glooming
, crescent-lit.
Tennyson.

Definition 2024


glooming

glooming

English

Verb

glooming

  1. present participle of gloom
    • D. H. Lawrence
      Ciss was a big, dark-complexioned, pug-faced young woman who seemed to be glooming about something.

Etymology 2

Compare gloaming.

Noun

glooming (plural gloomings)

  1. twilight of morning or evening; the gloaming
    When the faint glooming in the sky / First lightened into day. Trench.
    The balmy glooming, crescent-lit. Tennyson.
  2. gloomy behaviour; melancholy