Such a mood as that which lately gloomed Your fancy.
Tennison.
What sorrows gloomed that parting day.
Goldsmith.
Gloom"i*ly (?), adv. In a gloomy manner.
Gloom"i*ness, n. State of being gloomy. Addison.
Gloom"ing, n. [Cf. Gloaming.] Twilight (of morning or evening); the
gloaming.
When the faint glooming in the sky First lightened into day.
Trench.
The balmy glooming, crescent-lit.
Tennyson.
Gloomth (?), n. Gloom. [R.] Walpole.
Gloom"y (?), a. [Compar. Gloomier (?); superl. Gloomiest.] 1.
Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky;
dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest
shade." Milton.
2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a
gloomy temper or countenance.
Syn. -- Dark; dim; dusky; dismal; cloudy; moody; sullen; morose;
melancholy; sad; downcast; depressed; dejected; disheartened.
Glop"pen (glp"pen), v. t. & i. [OE. glopnen to be frightened, frighten:
cf. Icel. glpna to look downcast.] To surprise or astonish; to be
startled or astonished. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Glore (?), v. i. [See Gloar.] To glare; to glower. [Obs.] Halliwell.
||Glo"ri*a (?), n. [L., glory.] (Eccl.) (a) A doxology (beginning
||Gloria Patri, Glory be to the Father), sung or said at the end of the
||Psalms in the service of the Roman Catholic and other churches. (b) A
||portion of the Mass (Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Glory be to God on
||high), and also of the communion service in some churches. In the
||Episcopal Church the version in English is used. (c) The musical
||setting of a gloria.
Glo`ri*a"tion (?), n. [L. gloriatio, from gloriari to glory, boast, fr.
gloria glory. See Glory, n.] Boast; a triumphing. [Obs.] Bp.
Richardson.
Internal gloriation or triumph of the mind.
Hobbes.
Glo"ried (?), a. [See Glory.] Illustrious; honorable; noble. [Obs.]
Milton.
Glo`ri*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [L. glorificatio: cf. F. glorification. See
Glorify.] 1. The act of glorifying or of giving glory to. Jer. Taylor.
2. The state of being glorifed; as, the glorification of Christ after
his resurrection.
Glo"ri*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glorified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Glorifying.] [F. glorifier, L. glorificare; gloria glory + -ficare (in
comp.) to make. See - fy.]
1. To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and
distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial
glory.
Jesus was not yet glorified.
John vii. 39.
2. To make glorious in thought or with the heart, by ascribing glory
to; to acknowledge the excellence of; to render homage to; to magnify
in worship; to adore.
That we for thee may glorify the Lord.
Shak.
Glo"ri*ole (?), n. [L. gloriola a small glory, dim. of gloria glory.]
An aureole. [R.] Msr. Browning.
||Glo`ri*o"sa (?), n. [Nl., fr. L. gloriosus. See Glorious.] (Bot.) A
||genus of climbing plants with very showy lilylike blossoms, natives
||of India.
Glo`ri*o"ser (?), n. [From L. gloriosus boastful.] A boaster. [Obs.]
Greene.
||Glo`ri*o"so (?), n. [It.] A boaster. [Obs.] Fuller.
Glo"ri*ous (?), a. [OF. glorios, glorious, F. glorieux, fr. L.
gloriosus. See Glory, n.]
1. Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or
receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious;
inspiring admiration; as, glorious deeds.
These are thy glorious works, Parent of good !
Milton.
2. Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious;
vainglorious. [Obs.]
Most miserable Is the desire that's glorious.
Shak.