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单词 gloominess
释义

gloomy

adjective

ˈglü-mē How to pronounce gloomy (audio)
gloomier; gloomiest
1
a
: partially or totally dark
especially : dismally and depressingly dark
gloomy weather
b
: having a frowning or scowling appearance : forbidding
a gloomy countenance
c
: low in spirits : melancholy
2
a
: causing gloom : depressing
a gloomy story
a gloomy landscape
b
: lacking in promise or hopefulness : pessimistic
gloomy prophecies
a gloomy future
gloomily
ˈglü-mə-lē How to pronounce gloomy (audio)
adverb
gloominess
ˈglü-mē-nəs How to pronounce gloomy (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • black
  • bleak
  • cheerless
  • chill
  • Cimmerian
  • cloudy
  • cold
  • comfortless
  • dark
  • darkening
  • depressing
  • depressive
  • desolate
  • dire
  • disconsolate
  • dismal
  • drear
  • dreary
  • dreich [chiefly Scottish]
  • elegiac
  • elegiacal
  • forlorn
  • funereal
  • glum
  • godforsaken
  • gray
  • grey
  • lonely
  • lonesome
  • lugubrious
  • miserable
  • morbid
  • morose
  • murky
  • plutonian
  • saturnine
  • sepulchral
  • solemn
  • somber
  • sombre
  • sullen
  • sunless
  • tenebrific
  • tenebrous
  • wretched
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Example Sentences

We've had a week of gloomy weather. The news continues to be gloomy. She doesn't agree with their gloomy economic forecasts. His book paints a gloomy picture of the prospects for peace. I've never seen you looking so gloomy.
Recent Examples on the Web About the opera world today, Horne is feeling gloomy, as are many of us. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 1 Aug. 2022 Just over half of Democrats said the state is headed in the wrong direction, and 93% of Republicans agreed with that gloomy assessment. Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022 The economic rating of Biden’s performance correlates with a gloomy assessment of the economy itself. Dan Balz, Scott Clement And Emily Guskin, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Nov. 2021 An hourslong Sunday afternoon downpour and gloomy Labor Day weather couldn't dampen the spirit of a lively 43rd annual Detroit Jazz Festival, which returned in-person at Hart Plaza and Campus Martius while being streamed online, free to all. Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 6 Sep. 2022 The show's creator Alfred Gough explained in an interview with Vanity Fair that Wednesday is very much still gloomy, but more independent in the upcoming series. Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 5 Sep. 2022 Globally, assorted gods have patrolled assorted underworlds for millennia, with death as their gloomy guard duty. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022 Some Republicans in Washington have adopted a gloomy outlook to Senate fundraising. Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2022 And while caves conjure up images of dark and gloomy spaces, this one is anything but. Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

see gloom entry 1

First Known Use

1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

gloomy

adjective

ˈglü-mē How to pronounce gloomy (audio)
gloomier; gloomiest
1
: partly or completely dark
2
: sad sense 1, blue
3
: causing feelings of sadness
a gloomy story
4
: not hopeful or promising
The future looks gloomy.

gloominess

noun

as in sadness
a state or spell of low spirits even in the depths of her gloominess she never lost hope entirely

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • sadness
  • melancholy
  • sorrowfulness
  • depression
  • gloom
  • mournfulness
  • sorrow
  • dreariness
  • dejection
  • glumness
  • anguish
  • unhappiness
  • miserableness
  • grief
  • misery
  • joylessness
  • blues
  • despair
  • oppression
  • forlornness
  • downheartedness
  • heartsickness
  • despondence
  • despondency
  • desperation
  • agony
  • mopes
  • mourning
  • boredom
  • dumps
  • doldrums
  • melancholia
  • blue devils
  • despond
  • pain
  • desolation
  • somberness
  • dispiritedness
  • distress
  • dolefulness
  • regret
  • disconsolateness
  • hopelessness
  • discouragement
  • moroseness
  • wretchedness
  • ennui
  • disheartenment
  • moodiness
  • dolor
  • woe
  • morbidness
  • self-pity
  • drear
  • tedium
  • woefulness
  • self-despair
  • dismalness
  • rue
  • morosity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • joy
  • exuberance
  • joyousness
  • euphoria
  • happiness
  • elation
  • joyfulness
  • exultation
  • jubilation
  • bliss
  • intoxication
  • exhilaration
  • ecstasy
  • optimism
  • gladness
  • mirth
  • gayety
  • rapture
  • gaiety
  • glee
  • joviality
  • felicity
  • cheerfulness
  • lightheartedness
  • heaven
  • jollity
  • humor
  • hopefulness
  • cheeriness
  • merriment
  • blissfulness
  • gayness
  • contentment
  • gleefulness
  • mirthfulness
  • satisfaction
  • sunniness
  • cheer
  • elatedness
  • rapturousness
  • content
  • contentedness
  • gladsomeness
  • delight
  • gratification
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