gloom

n 1: a state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to

dispell the gloom" [syn: {somberness}, {sombreness}]

2: a feeling of melancholy apprehension [syn: {gloominess}, {somberness}]

3: an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded

the office" [syn: {gloominess}, {glumness}]