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gloom
verbs
be filled with gloom
• She was filled with gloom as she looked around the place.
be sunk in gloom
(= feel very sad and hopeless )
• She made several attempts at conversation but the boy was sunk in gloom.
cast (a) gloom over something
(= make people feel sad )
• His ill health had cast a gloom over the Christmas holidays.
dispel/lift the gloom
(= make people feel less sad )
• Now for some good news to dispel the gloom.
gloom deepens
(= people feel more sad )
• The party's gloom deepened as the election results came in.
gloom lifts
(= people stop feeling sad )
• Germany's gloom lifted when Stallkamp scored a goal.
phrases
doom and gloom
(= when there seems no hope )
• The picture is not all doom and gloom - some tourist areas are still drawing in the crowds.
adjectives
economic gloom
• It was a year of economic gloom for the car industry.
deep gloom
• There was deep gloom about the future.
a general gloom
(= when many people feel there is not much hope )
• Amid the general gloom, there are some positive signs.
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noun sadness ADJ. black, deep She was in deep gloom because not even a postcard had arrived from Ricky. | general | economic the general economic gloom VERB + GLOOM be filled with, be sunk in, sink into He was sunk in deep gloom at the prospect of being alone. I sank into gloom and depression. | fill sb with The news filled me with gloom. | cast Rumours of his ill health cast gloom over the celebrations. | combat, dispel, lift efforts to dispel their gloom GLOOM + VERB deepen, descend Their gloom deepened as the election results came in. She felt gloom descend on her shoulders. | lift When the gloom finally lifts, the pessimists will be surprised at how much has been going right. PREP. in ~ The nation was deep in gloom. | ~ about There is a general gloom about the farming industry. PHRASES doom and gloom Despite falling demand, the year has not been all doom and gloom. | gloom and despondency the darkest feelings of gloom and despondency darkness ADJ. deep | deepening, descending, gathering He peered into the gathering gloom. | cold, damp, dingy | evening The fog looked ominous in the evening gloom. VERB + GLOOM penetrate, pierce The sound of distant police whistles pierced the gloom. | adjust to, become/get accustomed to Slowly, my eyes became accustomed to the gloom. | peer into/through | be shrouded in The sun went in and the house was again shrouded in gloom. GLOOM + VERB deepen, descend We sat and watched as the gloom descended. PREP. in the ~ We lost sight of them in the gloom. | into the ~ The tram rattled off into the gloom. | out of the ~ Two figures materialized out of the gloom. | through the ~ She could see the house faintly through the gloom.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary