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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

begloom en · VERB

Etymology

From be- + gloom.

Meanings

  1. (rare, transitive) To make gloomy; darken.
  2. (archaic, transitive) To 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:

Forms

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begloomed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
begloomed Tense=Past lexicographic
beglooming Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
beglooms Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

gloom · gloomy

Synonyms

pain · besorrow · contristate · come down on · upset · grieven · forset · dash · repent · ungladden · rue · grieve · sadden · darken · oppress · bring down · depress · moan · begloom · deject · get down · desolate · deject · dispirit · unhappy · depress · begrieve · sadden up · tristitiate · engrieve · aggrieve · attrist