Meanings
verboutgloom (third-person singular simple present outglooms, present participle outglooming, simple past and past participle outgloomed)
present singular third person outglooms · participle present outglooming · participle past outgloomed · past outgloomed
- poetictransitiveTo be more gloomy than.
And the dark eyes of his anger outgloomed the deepening night.
1887, The American Magazine, volume 6, number 3, page 2991 more example
In our "wither the economy" discussion, Zulauf, though gloomy as usual, once again was outgloomed.
2012, Peter Lynch, Beating the Street, page 43
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