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the mood that turns weather into a personality and makes melancholy look almost stylish
means Dark, dismal, and low in spirits — describing either a literally dim place or a figuratively downcast mood.
from From the verb 'gloom,' meaning to look sullen or to grow dark, which traces back to Middle English 'gloumen.' Its deeper roots are murky and possibly related to words for twilight and dimness across the Germanic family. The adjective 'gloomy' got a major boost from Shakespeare and Milton, who loved a shadowy scene — and ever since, the word has carried both literal darkness and emotional weather in one breath.
- word origin
- From Old English glom, meaning twilight or dusk
- brain effect
- Dim light raises melatonin, deepening the drowsy gray fog
- art muse
- Goth and Romantic movements ran entirely on it
- weather sells
- Cloudy cities buy more coffee and comfort food
seattle — us city with 152 cloudy days per year and frequent gray skies, inspiring grunge music culture
britain winter — uk experiences persistent gray overcast from november-february with minimal daylight hours around 7-8 hours
helsinki november — finnish capital gets only 4-5 hours of daylight in november, peak seasonal affective disorder month