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gloom (iou)



gloom verb. [glu:m] LME.
[Origin unkn.]
verb intrans. Look sullen or displeased, frown, scowl; be or appear dejected or depressed. LME.
Century Magazine I hate myself for glooming about the house in secret. E. Bowen Marcelle..who had lately quarrelled with her best friend..gloomed at Sir Robert's right hand.
b. verb trans. Express with gloom. M19.
Carlyle 'What interloping fellow is this?' gloomed Valori.
verb intrans. Of the weather, sky, etc.: lour; be or become dull or threatening. LME.
C. Ives It rains and darkens, and the sky glooms.
b. Darken, become dusk. L16.
G. Macdonald In the midst of the forest it gloomed earlier than in the open country.
verb trans. Make dark or sombre; cover with gloom. L16.
G. MacBeth Then smoke..gloomed the whole sky.
b. Make dismal or melancholy. M18.
verb intrans. Look dark or sombre; appear darkly or obscurely. L18.
A. Carter The shop gloomed behind its blinds.
glooming noun (a) the action or an instance of being or looking gloomy; (b) poet. = GLOAMING: LME.

malfeasance (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: mal- + feasance 'doing' (16-18 centuries) (from Anglo-French fesance, from Old French faire 'to do')]
law illegal or dishonest activity