1. doom and gloom - Noun
2. doom and gloom - Adjective
doom and gloom (uncountable)
Something considered indicative of feelings of pessimism and despair.
Antonyms: rainbows and unicorns, sunshine and rainbows; see also Thesaurus:pleasure
The economic forecast contained the usual doom and gloom.
His sister was all doom and gloom after she lost the part.
doom-and-gloom (not comparable)
Alternative form of doom and gloom
doom-and-gloom (uncountable)
Alternative form of doom and gloom
doom-and-gloom
Talking doom and gloom all day no longer fit who I was as a person. Daryn Kagan
Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life. Roger Tory Peterson
I like doom and gloom with a sense of humour. Maybe it's a Scottish thing, we like to undercut indulgence with a laugh. Shirley Henderson
You hear doom and gloom about the Internet ruining young people's command of English - that's nonsense. Margaret Atwood
But as Livingston showed last season, pontificators from the outside can cast doom-and-gloom on a club without knowing the characters that are inside it. Source: Internet
After building up a doom-and-gloom scenario, Graham Swift led reviewers to expect a tragedy of monstrous proportions—perhaps the children are aliens or the parents serial killers. Source: Internet