gloom
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a state of partial or total darkness
he struck a match to dispel the gloom
Types & categories
- semidarkness hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a feeling of melancholy apprehension
Types & categories
- apprehension hypernym
- melancholy hypernym
Related & opposite
- melancholy derivation
- downp derivation
Sense 3 noun
an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
gloom pervaded the office
Types & categories
- atmosphere hypernym
- cloud hyponym
- bareness hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | glooming |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | somber |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | semidarkness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | melancholy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | downp |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | apprehension |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | melancholy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | atmosphere |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cloud |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bareness |