Disconsolateness vs. Gloom — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Disconsolateness and Gloom
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Disconsolateness
(uncountable) The state of being disconsolate; gloom.
Each day's disconsolateness greater than the last.
Gloom
Gloom is a low level of light which is so dim that there are physiological and psychological effects. Human vision at this level becomes monochrome and has lessened clarity.
Disconsolateness
Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
Gloom
Partial or total darkness; dimness
Switched on a table lamp to banish the gloom of a winter afternoon.
Gloom
A partially or totally dark place, area, or location.
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Gloom
An atmosphere of melancholy or depression
Gloom pervaded the office.
Gloom
A state of melancholy or depression; despondency.
Gloom
To be or become dark, shaded, or obscure.
Gloom
To feel, appear, or act despondent, sad, or mournful.
Gloom
To make dark, shaded, or obscure.
Gloom
(Archaic) To make despondent; sadden.
Gloom
Darkness, dimness, or obscurity.
The gloom of a forest, or of midnight
Gloom
A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere.
Gloom
Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
Gloom
A drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture.
Gloom
(intransitive) To be dark or gloomy.
Gloom
(intransitive) To look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.
Gloom
(transitive) To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
Gloom
(transitive) To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.
Gloom
To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.
Gloom
Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight.
Gloom
A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove.
Before a gloom of stubborn-shafted oaks.
Gloom
Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by fits.
Gloom
In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.
Gloom
To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.
Gloom
To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight.
The black gibbet glooms beside the way.
[This weary day] . . . at last I see it gloom.
Gloom
To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
A bow window . . . gloomed with limes.
A black yew gloomed the stagnant air.
Gloom
To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.
Such a mood as that which lately gloomedYour fancy.
What sorrows gloomed that parting day.
Gloom
A state of partial or total darkness;
He struck a match to dispell the gloom
Gloom
A feeling of melancholy apprehension
Gloom
An atmosphere of depression and melancholy;
Gloom pervaded the office
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