Collocations for "gloom"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "gloom" in context.
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gloom
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- could see the gloom in her eyes
- could see the gloom on his face
- [get, see] through the gloom
- the gloom of [night, winter]
- a state of gloom in [Congress, the United States]
- gloom over their [unemployment, earnings, wages]
- [increasing, growing] gloom over [unemployment]
- predicted gloom in (the) [housing, construction] (industry)
- the [bar, house] is filled with gloom
- the [bar] is full of gloom
- gloom and [darkness, despair, depression]
- wallowing in his (own) gloom
- filled with a [sensation, feeling] of gloom
- it's not all doom and gloom
- despite the gloom [over, surrounding]
- is glooming about [the weather, his job, the game]
'gloom' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):