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Gloomy

Gloomy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Gloomy? [adj] depressingly dark; "the gloomy forest"; "the glooming interior of an old inn"; "`gloomful' is archaic" [adj] causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" [adj] depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams [adj] reflecting gloom; "gloomy faces" [adj] characterized by hopelessness; filled with gloom; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy" [adj] causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy outlook"; "gloomy news" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Gloomy: blue \| cheerless \| dark \| dejected \| depressing \| depressive \| dingy \| disconsolate \| dismal \| dispiriting \| drab \| drear \| dreary \| gloomful \| glooming \| glum \| grim \| hopeless \| long-faced \| sad \| saddening \| sorry \| uncheerful Related Terms \| Find terms related to Gloomy: Acheronian \| Acherontic \| apocalyptic \| bad \| baleful \| baneful \| black \| bleak \| blue \| bodeful \| boding \| caliginous \| Cassandra-like \| Cassandran \| Cassandrian \| castellatus \| cheerless \| Cimmerian \| cirrose \| cirrous \| clouded \| cloud-flecked \| cloudy \| cold \| crabbed \| crestfallen \| cumuliform \| cumulous \| cynical \| dark \| dark and gloomy \| defeatist \| dejected \| depressant \| depressed \| depressing \| depressive \| desolate \| despairing \| despondent \| dim \| dire \| dirty \| disconsolate \| discouraging \| disheartening \| dismal \| dispirited \| dispiriting \| distressed \| doleful \| doomful \| dour \| down \| downbeat \| downcast \| downhearted \| drab \| drear \| drearisome \| dreary \| dull \| dun \| dusky \| evil \| evil-starred \| fateful \| foreboding \| forlorn \| funebrial \| funereal \| gloomful \| glooming \| glum \| grave \| gray \| grim \| heavy \| ill \| ill-boding \| ill-fated \| ill-lighted \| ill-lit \| ill-omened \| ill-starred \| in the doldrums \| inauspicious \| inky \| joyless \| lenticularis \| lowering \| lugubrious \| mammatus \| melancholy \| menacing \| mirthless \| miserable \| moody \| morose \| murky \| muzzy \| nebulous \| negative \| negativistic \| nihilistic \| nimbose \| nubilous \| obscure \| of evil portent \| ominous \| oppressed \| oppressive \| overcast \| overclouded \| pessimist \| pessimistic \| portending \| portentous \| sad \| saturnine \| shaded \| shadowy \| shady \| sinister \| solemn \| somber \| sombrous \| sorrowful \| squally \| stormy \| stratiform \| stratous \| Stygian \| sulky \| sullen \| surly \| tenebrous \| threatening \| thunderheaded \| triste \| ugly \| uncheerful \| unfavorable \| unfortunate \| unhappy \| unilluminated \| unlucky \| unpromising \| unpropitious \| untoward \| weariful \| wearisome \| weary \| woebegone See Also \| Gloomy In Webster's Dictionary \Gloom"y\, a. [Compar. {Gloomier}; superl. {Gloomiest}.] 1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. ``Though hid in gloomiest shade.'' --Milton. 2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance. Syn: Dark; dim; dusky; dismal; cloudy; moody; sullen; morose; melancholy; sad; downcast; depressed; dejected; disheartened.

Gloomy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gloomy?

[adj] depressingly dark; "the gloomy forest"; "the glooming interior of an old inn"; "`gloomful' is archaic"
[adj] causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
[adj] depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams
[adj] reflecting gloom; "gloomy faces"
[adj] characterized by hopelessness; filled with gloom; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"
[adj] causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy outlook"; "gloomy news"

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Gloomy In Webster's Dictionary

\Gloom"y\, a. [Compar. {Gloomier}; superl. {Gloomiest}.]
1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or
   darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy.
   ``Though hid in gloomiest shade.'' --Milton.

2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected;
   as, a gloomy temper or countenance.

Syn: Dark; dim; dusky; dismal; cloudy; moody; sullen; morose;
     melancholy; sad; downcast; depressed; dejected;
     disheartened.

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