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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glooming

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables
gloom-ing
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of gloom

noun

Twilight of morning or evening; the gloaming.

noun

Gloomy behaviour; melancholy.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Compare gloaming.

Inflected Forms

gloomings (plural)

Derived Forms

gloomingly

Synonyms

crepuscule twilight vespers misery sadness sorrow woe gloomy gloomful sulky

Questions

What does glooming mean?
present participle and gerund of gloom
Where does glooming come from?
Compare gloaming.

How to pronounce glooming

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