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gloom and doom

gloom and doom
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [gloom and doom]
    • /glum ænd dum/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [gloom and doom]
    • /glum ænd dum/

Definition of gloom and doom words

  • noun gloom and doom an account or prediction of adversity, especially in economic or business affairs; bad news: a trade journal full of gloom and doom about next year's trends. 1
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Parts of speech for Gloom and doom

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Gloom and doom

gloom and doom popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 63% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for gloom and doom

noun gloom and doom

  • pessimism — the tendency to see, anticipate, or emphasize only bad or undesirable outcomes, results, conditions, problems, etc.: His pessimism about the future of our country depresses me.
  • death instinct — the destructive or aggressive instinct, based on a compulsion to return to an earlier harmonious state and, ultimately, to nonexistence
All 2 Synonyms of gloom and doom

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