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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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gloom

/ɡluːm/

US pronunciation

American sound/ɡluːm/

gloom

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Long vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> gloom

Myanmar meaning

(n) မည်းမှောင်ခြင်း။ဝမ်းနည်းအားငယ်ခြင်း။

Full entry

gloom / glu:m / n [U]

၁။ မှောင်ရီဖျိုးဖျဖြစ်ခြင်း။ မှုန်မှိုင်းနေခြင်း။ In the gathering gloom it was hard to see anything distinctly.
၂။ ဝမ်းနည်းပူဆွေးခြင်း။ စိတ်ဓာတ်ကျခြင်း။ စိတ်အားငယ်ခြင်း။ The news cast a deep gloom over the whole community. ❍ He remained sunk in gloom for several days.
❏ gloomily /-Çli / adv ညှိုးငယ်စွာ။ စိတ်အားငယ်စွာ။
❏ gloomy /'glu:mi / adj ( -ier, -iest )
၁။ မှောင်ရိပ် သန်းသော။ မှုန်မှိုင်းနေသော။ a gloomy corner/ passage/ room/ house ❍ a gloomy day (ie with dark clouds and dull light).
၂။ ဝမ်းနည်းပူဆွေးသော။ စိတ်ဓာတ်ကျသော။ သုန်မှုန်သော။ စိတ်ပျက်စရာ ကောင်းသော။ a gloomy outlook/prospect ❍ a gloomy face/ expression/ voice/ person ❍ What are you so gloomy about? Cheer up!

More examples

A time of high unemployment and economic gloom
[gloom over/about] : There is general gloom about the future of the farming industry.
Harry peered into the gathering gloom.

Synonyms

darkness, obscurity, shade, murkiness, shadow, dimness, murk, gloominess, dreariness, anguish, be down in the mouth, be in a huff, be in brown study, be morose, be out of sorts, be silent, bedim, befog, bitterness, blackness, bleakness, blinded, blinding, blue devils, blue funk, blues, brood, catatonia, chafe inwardly, chagrin, cheerlessness, cloud, cloud the issue, cloud up, cloudiness, cover up, covered up, covering up, dejection, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, disconsolateness, discouragement, dismals, distress, do a slow burn, doldrums, dolor, downheartedness, dullness, dumps, dusk, duskiness, dwell upon, eat heart out, eat one's heart out, foreboding, frown, give a dirty look, give the evil eye, glower, grayed, graying, grief, grousing, hazing, heaviness, heavy-heartedness, horror, knit brows, look black, look daggers, look daggers at, look stern, look sullen, lour, louring, low spirits, make a face, malaise, melancholy, misery, misgiving, mopes, morbidity, mourning, muddied, muddy the waters, muddying, mull over, obscure, oppression, overcloud, overclouded, pensiveness, pessimism, sadness, saturninity, scowl, shrouded, sorrow, stew over, sulk, sweat out, sweat over, think about, think upon, throw up smoke screen, twilight, unhappiness, vexation, weariness, woe

Antonyms

animation, brightness, cheer, cheerfulness, comfort, confidence, contentedness, contentment, delight, encouragement, gladness, happiness, hopefulness, joy, joyfulness, light, pleasure, sparkle, sunniness, trust, vivaciousness

Cross references

darkness obscurity shade murkiness shadow dimness murk gloominess dreariness anguish be down in the mouth be in a huff be in brown study be morose be out of sorts be silent bedim befog bitterness blackness bleakness blinded blinding blue devils blue funk blues brood catatonia

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