GLOOMING Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

glooming

verb

present participle of gloom

as in glaring

to look with anger or disapproval we just sat there, glooming, as we waited and waited for our dinners to arrive

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as in darkening

to take on a gloomy or forbidding look he continued to gloom over the fact that he had been passed over for promotion to district manager

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These same companies continue to kill the clean energy that is not only cheaper, but try to side-step their glaring responsibility for the increasing cascade of climate disasters.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026
Seattle's offensive woes also were glaring on third down, with Seattle converting just three times in 14 tries against Denver.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of glaring

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Abdalla’s fall refresh enhances her brunette base by darkening her roots and replacing those golden ribbons with warm brunette tones for lived-in dimension.

— Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 20 Oct. 2026
But the security backdrop in the Strait of Hormuz is darkening even as rates fall.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

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That is one of the tantalizing questions bubbling up in A Talent for Murder, in which Helen Mirren embodies Highsmith in all her devious, scowling genius.

— Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
Whether his teams were good or bad, his outspoken and occasionally scowling personality almost always commanded the room.

— Carl Steward, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of scowling

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Looking on was Trooper Major, body camera footage shows, frowning in the sun as the deputies followed guidance from a portable defibrillator device.

— Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
This focuses readers on the all-black uniforms of the veiled pupils, who—in a long frame at the center of the page—sit between the looming, frowning teacher on the right and Marji on the left, who stands up to explain that her uncle was executed by the Islamic regime.

— Hillary Chute, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026

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