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gloom:
- tristesse; morosité; mélancolie; désespérance
Wiktionary:
- gloom → morosité, noirceur, sombreur, obscurité, abattement, mélancolie, pessimisme
- gloom → noir, obscurité

English

Detailed Translations for gloom from English to French

gloom:

gloom [the ~] noun

the gloom (somberness; despondency; dejectedness; sombreness)
la tristesse; la morosité; la mélancolie; la désespérance
- tristesse [la ~] noun
- morosité [la ~] noun
- mélancolie [la ~] noun
- désespérance [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for gloom:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
désespérance	dejectedness; despondency; gloom; somberness; sombreness	dejection; depression; depression of spirits; despair; desperation; despondency; melancholy
morosité	dejectedness; despondency; gloom; somberness; sombreness	blandness; bleakness; dejection; depression; depression of spirits; despair; desperation; despondency; drabness; dullness; melancholy; moodiness
mélancolie	dejectedness; despondency; gloom; somberness; sombreness	dejection; depression; depression of spirits; despair; desperation; despondency; grief; melancholy; mournfulness; regret; sadness; sorrow; wistfulness
tristesse	dejectedness; despondency; gloom; somberness; sombreness	alarm; annoyance; anxiety; blandness; bleakness; chagrin; concern; dejection; depression; depression of spirits; desolation; despair; desperation; despondency; distress; drabness; dullness; grief; melancholy; misery; misfortune; mournfulness; pitifulness; regret; sadness; sorrow; squalor; trouble; uneasiness; vexation; wistfulness; worry
-	gloominess; glumness; somberness; sombreness
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	gloomy atmosphere; gloomy mood; melancholy

Synonyms for "gloom":

somberness; sombreness; semidarkness
gloominess; melancholy; apprehension; apprehensiveness; dread
glumness; atmosphere; ambiance; ambience

Related Definitions for "gloom":

a feeling of melancholy apprehension¹
a state of partial or total darkness¹
- he struck a match to dispel the gloom¹
an atmosphere of depression and melancholy¹
- gloom pervaded the office¹

Wiktionary Translations for gloom:

gloom

noun

a melancholy, depressing or despondent atmosphere
- gloom → morosité; noirceur; sombreur
darkness, dimness or obscurity
- gloom → obscurité

gloom

noun

diminution rapide, d’une durée plus ou moins longue, des forces physiques et des fonctions psychiques.
- abattement → abatement; weakness; exhaustion; indolence; lifelessness; melancholy; dejection; depression; gloom; melancholia; grief; sadness; sorrow; fatigue; weariness; consternation; alarm; dismay; demand; sale; deduction; subtraction; apathy
(term, Histoire de la médecine) désuet|fr bile noire et disposition triste que l’ancienne médecine attribuer à un excès de bile noire.
- mélancolie → melancholy; dejection; depression; gloom; melancholia
philosophie|fr doctrine philosophique selon laquelle le mal l’emporter sur le bien.
- pessimisme → pessimism; gloom

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• gloom	→ noir; obscurité	↔ Dunkelheit — ein dunkel, lichtarmer Zustand oder Ort

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University