GLOOMINESS: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  excessive sadness and mournfulness [n]  a feeling of melancholy apprehension [n]  an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office"
	Synonyms:		gloom, gloom, glumness, lugubriousness, somberness
	See Also:		ambiance, ambience, apprehension, apprehensiveness, atmosphere, bleakness, desolation, dread, melancholy, uncheerfulness
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
	Definition:		\Gloom"i*ness\, n. State of being gloomy. --Addison.
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		bleakness, cynicism, darkness, defeatism, dismalness, dreariness, gloom, gloomy outlook, gravity, grimness, lower, lowering, malism, negativism, nihilism, pessimism, retreatism, solemnity, somber, somberness, sombrousness, uncheerfulness, wearifulness, wearisomeness