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  1. 1. n. Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. i. To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. i. To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. t. To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken. Source: opted
  8. 8. v. t. To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen. Source: opted
  9. 9. n. a state of partial or total darkness Source: wordnet
  10. 10. n. a feeling of melancholy apprehension Source: wordnet
  11. 11. n. an atmosphere of depression and melancholy Source: wordnet

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