outgloom

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

out- +‎ gloom

Verb[edit]

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

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