Usually means: Pessimistic outlook; expecting the worst.
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  1. gloom and doom: Merriam-Webster
  2. gloom and doom: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gloom and doom: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gloom and doom: Wiktionary
  5. gloom and doom: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. gloom-and-doom, gloom and doom: Dictionary.com
  7. gloom-and-doom, gloom and doom: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. gloom and doom: Legal dictionary

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  1. gloom and doom: Encyclopedia

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  1. gloom-and-doom, gloom and doom: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Gloom and doom)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of doom and gloom [Something considered indicative of feelings of pessimism and despair.]

Similar:
doom-and-gloom, crepehanger, hell-hole, doom, hellhole, deathgrip, Job's-news, Hell hole, deadender, Snowmageddon, more...

Opposite:
optimism, positivity, hopefulness, confidence

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Similar:
doom-and-gloom, crepehanger, hell-hole, doom, hellhole, deathgrip, Job's-news, Hell hole, deadender, Snowmageddon, more...

Opposite:
optimism, positivity, hopefulness, confidence



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