glee vs gloom

glee

noun
  • Music; minstrelsy; entertainment. 

  • Joy; happiness; great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune. 

  • An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry. 

verb
  • To sing a glee (unaccompanied part song). 

gloom

verb
  • To be dark or gloomy. 

  • To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer. 

  • To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen. 

  • To look or feel sad, sullen or despondent. 

  • To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken. 

noun
  • Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness. 

  • A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere. 

  • A drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture. 

  • Darkness, dimness, or obscurity. 

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