glooming
noun, verb
glooming is spelled G-L-O-O-M-I-N-G: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, glooming means “Twilight of morning or evening; the gloaming” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of glooming is gloomings.
How many letters and syllables are in glooming?
| Letters | 8: G-L-O-O-M-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 66 million words; the 255,765th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is glooming?
Glooming appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce glooming?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-glooming.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of glooming
- gloomings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does glooming mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Twilight of morning or evening; the gloaming.
- 2
Gloomy behaviour; melancholy.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of gloom
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does glooming come from?
Compare gloaming.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).