gloom
/ɡluːm/noun
उच्चारण ग्लूम
उदासी, निराशा, विषाद
Core word
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[U, singular]
a feeling of being sad and without hope
उदासी, निराशा, विषाद
- News of the defeat filled the village with gloom.
- an atmosphere of gloom
- A mood of gloom settled over the office after the news.
+ 2 more examples
- The gloom lifted when the results were announced.
- He tried to shake off the gloom of the long wet week.
Synonyms despondency melancholy sadness depression despair
Opposite cheerfulness happiness joy optimism
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[U] literary
almost total darkness
अँधेरा, धुँधलका
- We could hardly see the path in the gathering gloom.
- In the gloom of the cellar, she could barely see the shelves.
- She peered into the gloom of the cave.
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- A lamp flickered in the gloom at the end of the lane.
- The room sank into gloom as the sun went down.
Synonyms darkness dimness murk dusk shadows
Opposite light brightness
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
gloom (uncountable: sadness)
Gloom is a feeling of sadness and lack of hope; as a feeling it is uncountable and has no plural.
Gloom उदासी और निराशा की भावना है; भावना के रूप में यह uncountable है और इसका plural नहीं होता।
- Gloom spread through the village after the floods.
- She tried to cheer him out of his gloom.
gloom (darkness)
Gloom can also mean almost total darkness; in this sense it often appears with in or into.
Gloom का अर्थ लगभग पूरा अँधेरा भी हो सकता है; इस अर्थ में यह प्रायः in या into के साथ आता है।
- He walked into the gloom of the forest.
- Objects were hard to see in the gloom.
gloom about / over sth
Gloom about or over a subject shows what causes the sadness.
किसी विषय के बारे में 'gloom about/over' उदासी का कारण बताता है।
- There is gloom over the poor exam results.
doom and gloom
This phrase describes a very negative attitude or news in which everything seems hopeless.
यह वाक्यांश बहुत नकारात्मक रवैये या समाचार का वर्णन करता है जिसमें सब कुछ निराशाजनक लगे।
- Newspapers were full of doom and gloom after the market crash.
gloom + adjective forms: gloomy / gloomily
The adjective is gloomy and the adverb is gloomily; use them as the grammar needs, not gloom itself.
Adjective 'gloomy' और adverb 'gloomily' है; व्याकरण की ज़रूरत के अनुसार इन्हें प्रयोग करें, 'gloom' को नहीं।
- It was a gloomy evening, and he spoke gloomily.
+Collocations 4
adjective + gloom
deepeconomicgeneraldarkautumn
- Economic gloom made many shops close.
verb + gloom
castspreaddispelliftdeepen
- The principal's good news lifted the gloom in the staffroom.
gloom + noun
merchantforecastoutlook
- The report gave a gloom forecast for the market.
in / into / through the gloom
in the gloominto the gloomthrough the gloomout of the gloom
- A figure walked through the gloom of the evening.
“More examples 6
- A feeling of gloom filled the house when the news arrived.
समाचार आने पर घर में उदासी छा गई।
- Radhika's smile brightened the gloom of the waiting room.
राधिका की मुस्कान ने प्रतीक्षालय की उदासी को उज्ज्वल कर दिया।
- In the gloom of the cave, the torch was our only light.
गुफा के अँधेरे में टॉर्च ही हमारा एकमात्र प्रकाश थी।
- Economists spoke of gloom after the sharp fall in exports.
निर्यात में तेज़ गिरावट के बाद अर्थशास्त्रियों ने निराशाजनक स्थिति की बात की।
- Not all the news was doom and gloom; the monsoon was on time.
सारा समाचार निराशाजनक नहीं था; मानसून समय पर आया।
- The first rays of sun chased away the gloom of the valley.
सूर्य की पहली किरणों ने घाटी का अँधेरा मिटा दिया।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The gloom of the room were heavy.
✓ The gloom of the room was heavy.
The verb agrees with the singular head noun gloom.
Verb मुख्य singular noun 'gloom' के अनुसार आती है।
✗ There was a deep glooms in the village.
✓ There was a deep gloom in the village.
Gloom as a feeling is uncountable and has no plural s.
भावना के रूप में 'gloom' uncountable है और उसमें plural s नहीं लगता।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These nouns all mean sadness or darkness, but they differ in depth and strength.
ये nouns उदासी या अँधेरे को बताते हैं, पर गहराई और तीव्रता में अंतर है।
A heavy mood of hopelessness, or dim darkness.
निराशा का भारी मूड, या धुँधला अँधेरा।
- A deep gloom followed the defeat.
Deep sadness, usually from loss.
गहरी उदासी, प्रायः किसी हानि से।
- He felt sorrow at his friend's death.
¶Idioms 1
doom and gloom (also gloom and doom)
a general feeling that the future will be very bad and that there is no hope
चारों ओर निराशा का माहौल
- Despite the doom and gloom in the media, the economy is improving.
- It's not all doom and gloom; there are signs of hope.