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gloom noun (WITHOUT HOPE)

/gluːm/ n [U]
feelings of great unhappiness and loss of hope
Bergman's films are often full of gloom and despair.
There is widespread gloom and doom about the company's future.

(Definition of gloom noun (WITHOUT HOPE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

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