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gloam
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gloam has 1 sense
- gloam(n = noun.time) crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloaming, nightfall, twilight - the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" is a part of eve, even, evening, eventide
has particulars: night
is a kind of hour, time of day
CIDE DICTIONARY
- To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky. [1913 Webster]
- To be sullen or morose. [1913 Webster]
gloam, n.
The twilight; gloaming. Keats. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
gloam
Sullenness
VB be sullen, sulk, frown, scowl, lower, glower, gloam, pout, have a hangdog look, glout.
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