a general feeling of pessimism or despondency. This expression, sometimes found as gloom and doom , was particularly pertinent to fears about a nuclear holocaust during the cold war period of the 1950s and 1960s. It became a catchphrase in the 1968 film Finian's Rainbow.

What is mean by gloom and doom?

Definition of gloom and doom

: sad and tragic events : a feeling or attitude that things are only getting worse The papers are filled with stories of gloom and doom. She was full of gloom and doom.

Where does the phrase doom and gloom come from?

Origin of Doom and Gloom

It is a relatively new expression, originating in the latter part of the 1800s. One of the first known print sources is from a North Carolina paper The Statesville Landmark from the year 1875: Slowly, and with a tone of doom and gloom, the ponderous clock began striking.