Gloom and Glare

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Gloom noun - A time or place of little or no light.

Usage example: the gloom of a rainy night is the perfect setting for a mystery story

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Glare is an antonym for gloom.

Nearby Words: gloomy, gloominess, gloomily, gloomed, glooming

Glare noun - The steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible.

Usage example: the sudden glare of the squad car's headlights in my rearview mirror

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Gloom is an antonym for glare.

Nearby Words: glaring, glared

perpetual	perpetual gloom	perpetual glare
constant	constant gloom	constant glare

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