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gloom

Gloom is defined as darkness or a dark and gloomy place, or it is defined as a state of being depressed and in a bad mood.

(noun)

The shadows and darkness in an abandon house are an example of gloom.
When you sit around all day in your room and cry because your boyfriend broke up with you, this is an example of gloom.

The definition of gloom is to feel or act sad.

(verb)

An example of gloom is to become very sad with the death of a friend.

See gloom in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

to be or look morose, displeased, or dejected
to be, become, or appear dark, dim, or dismal

Origin: < ME gloum(b)en, to look morose, prob. < Scand, as in Norw dial. glome, to stare somberly, akin to EFris glumen, to peer secretly (< IE *ĝhlu- < base *ghêl- > gleam, glow): meaning infl. by OE glom, twilight

transitive verb

to make dark, dismal, dejected, etc.

noun

darkness; dimness; obscurity
a dark or dim place
deep sadness or hopelessness

See gloom in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. Partial or total darkness; dimness: switched on a table lamp to banish the gloom of a winter afternoon.
b. A partially or totally dark place, area, or location.
a. An atmosphere of melancholy or depression: Gloom pervaded the office.
b. A state of melancholy or depression; despondency.