doom and gloom

doom and gloom
Feeling, or acting in a manner consistent with, pessimism and despair.

His sister was all doom and gloom after she lost the part.

2. noun
Something considered indicative of feelings of pessimism and despair.

The economic forecast contained the usual doom and gloom.


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  • doom-and-gloom — See doom and gloom. * * * …   Universalium

  • doom-and-gloomer — noun A person who predicts doom and gloom; a pessimist, naysayer, or Cassandra. Syn: gloom and doomer …   Wiktionary

  • gloom and doom — gloom and doom, adj. gloom and doomer, n. an account or prediction of adversity, esp. in economic or business affairs; bad news: a trade journal full of gloom and doom about next year s trends. * * * see doom * * * ˌdoom and ˈgloom | ˌgloom and… …   Useful english dictionary

  • gloom — [glu:m] n [singular, U] 1.) literary almost complete darkness ▪ He peered into the gathering (=increasing) gloom. 2.) a feeling of great sadness and lack of hope ▪ a time of high unemployment and economic gloom →doom and gloom at ↑doom2 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • gloom — UK US /gluːm/ noun [U] ► feelings of worry that things are bad and will not improve: »There is widespread doom and gloom about the company s future. »The market gloom was caused by fears of recession …   Financial and business terms

  • gloom — noun 1 sadness ADJECTIVE ▪ deep ▪ She was in a deep gloom because not even a postcard had arrived from Ricky. ▪ general (esp. BrE) ▪ economic ▪ the general economic …   Collocations dictionary

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