begloom

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verb

To make gloomy; darken.

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Meanings

verbbegloom (third-person singular simple present beglooms, present participle beglooming, simple past and past participle begloomed)

present singular third person beglooms · participle present beglooming · participle past begloomed · past begloomed

  1. raretransitiveTo make gloomy; darken.
  2. archaictransitiveTo sadden.

    No cold can chill them, and no fire consume No light can daze, no darkness can begloom Nor blank vacuity 'twixt orb and orb

    1864, John Rorke, Fancies on the photograph, a poem

    Synonyms: deject, depress, aggrieve, attrist, begrieve, besorrow, grieve, pain

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo sadden.

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Origin

From be- + gloom.

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APA

begloom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begloom

MLA

“begloom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begloom. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “begloom,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begloom.

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