gloom

gloom
1. noun

Here was a surprise, and a sad one for me, for I perceived that I had slept away a day, and that the sun was setting for another night. And yet it mattered little, for night or daytime there was no light to help me in this horrible place; and though my eyes had grown accustomed to the gloom, I could make out nothing to show me where to work.

2. verb
a) To be dark or gloomy.

Around all the dark forest gloomed.

b) to look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.

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