gloom vs verve

gloom

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. 

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. 

verve

noun
  • Enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist, musician, or writer, in composing or performing. 

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