overgloom
English
Etymology
over- + gloom
Verb
overgloom (third-person singular simple present overglooms, present participle overglooming, simple past and past participle overgloomed)
- To spread gloom over; to make gloomy; to overshadow.
- 1845, Thomas De Quincey, On Wordsworth's Poetry
- overgloomed by memories of sorrow
- 1845, Thomas De Quincey, On Wordsworth's Poetry
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for overgloom in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)