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outgloom

outgloom verb: to be more gloomy than.

Verb

outgloom (third-person singular simple present outglooms, present participle outglooming, simple past and past participle outgloomed)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To be more gloomy than.
    • And the dark eyes of his anger outgloomed the deepening night.1887, The American Magazine, volume 6, number 3, page 299
    • In our "wither the economy" discussion, Zulauf, though gloomy as usual, once again was outgloomed.2012, Peter Lynch, Beating the Street, page 43

Forms of outgloom

third-person singular presentoutglooms
present participleoutglooming
past participleoutgloomed
pastoutgloomed

Origin of outgloom

From out- + gloom.

Questions about outgloom

What does outgloom mean?
Outgloom means to be more gloomy than.
What part of speech is outgloom?
Outgloom is a verb.
What is the past tense of outgloom?
The past tense of outgloom is outgloomed.

Words near outgloom in the dictionary

  1. outgliding
  2. outglitter
  3. outglittered
  4. outglittering
  5. outglitters
  6. outgloom
  7. outgloomed
  8. outglooming
  9. outglooms
  10. outglow
  11. outglowed

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