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gloomy
gloom·y G0155300 (glo͞o′mē)adj. gloom·i·er, gloom·i·est 1. Partially or totally dark, especially dismal and dreary: a damp, gloomy day.2. Showing or filled with gloom: gloomy faces.3. a. Causing or producing gloom; depressing: gloomy news.b. Marked by hopelessness; very pessimistic: gloomy predictions. gloom′i·ly adv.gloom′i·ness n.gloomy (ˈɡluːmɪ) adj, gloomier or gloomiest1. dark or dismal2. causing depression, dejection, or gloom: gloomy news. 3. despairing; sad ˈgloomily adv ˈgloominess ngloom•y (ˈglu mi) adj. gloom•i•er, gloom•i•est. 1. dark or dim: gloomy skies. 2. causing gloom; depressing: a gloomy prospect. 3. filled with or showing gloom; melancholy: a gloomy mood. [1580–90] gloom′i•ly, adv. gloom′i•ness, n. ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | gloomy - depressingly dark; "the gloomy forest"; "the glooming interior of an old inn"; "`gloomful' is archaic"gloomful, glooming, sulkydark - devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat" | | 2. | gloomy - filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"down in the mouth, downhearted, low-spirited, downcast, dispirited, blue, depressed, grim, down, lowdejected - affected or marked by low spirits; "is dejected but trying to look cheerful" | | 3. | gloomy - 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"dismal, drear, dreary, disconsolate, dingy, drab, sorry, grim, blue, darkcheerless, depressing, uncheerful - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place" |
gloomyadjective1. dark, dull, dim, dismal, black, grey, obscure, murky, dreary, sombre, shadowy, overcast, dusky, crepuscular, Stygian, tenebrous Inside it's gloomy after all that sunshine. dark light, brilliant, sunny, radiant2. miserable, down, sad, dismal, low, blue, pessimistic, melancholy, glum, dejected, despondent, dispirited, downcast, joyless, downhearted, down in the dumps (informal), cheerless, down in the mouth, in low spirits He is gloomy about the fate of the economy. miserable happy, bright, cheerful, jolly, merry, upbeat (informal), high-spirited, chirpy (informal), jovial, blithe3. depressing, bad, dismal, dreary, black, saddening, sombre, dispiriting, disheartening, funereal, cheerless, comfortless Officials say the outlook for next year is gloomy.gloomyadjective1. Dark and depressing:black, bleak, blue, cheerless, dark, desolate, dismal, dreary, glum, joyless, somber, tenebrific.2. Broodingly and sullenly unhappy:dour, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sulky, sullen, surly.3. In low spirits:blue, dejected, depressed, desolate, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, dull, dysphoric, heavy-hearted, low, melancholic, melancholy, sad, spiritless, tristful, unhappy, wistful.Idiom: down at the mouth.4. Tending to cause sadness or low spirits:blue, cheerless, depressing, dismal, dispiriting, joyless, melancholy, sad.5. Marked by little hopefulness:dark, dismal, pessimistic.Translationsgloom (gluːm) noun1. a state of not quite complete darkness. I could not tell the colour of the car in the gloom. 陰暗 阴暗2. sadness. The king's death cast a gloom over the whole country. 憂鬱 忧郁ˈgloomy adjective1. sad or depressed. Don't look so gloomy. 憂鬱的 忧郁的2. depressing. gloomy news. 令人沮喪的 令人沮丧的3. dim; dark. gloomy rooms. 陰暗的 黑暗的ˈgloominess noun 鬱鬱寡歡 忧闷IdiomsSeegloomy GusEncyclopediaSeeGloominessgloomy
Synonyms for gloomyadj darkSynonyms- dark
- dull
- dim
- dismal
- black
- grey
- obscure
- murky
- dreary
- sombre
- shadowy
- overcast
- dusky
- crepuscular
- Stygian
- tenebrous
Antonyms- light
- brilliant
- sunny
- radiant
adj miserableSynonyms- miserable
- down
- sad
- dismal
- low
- blue
- pessimistic
- melancholy
- glum
- dejected
- despondent
- dispirited
- downcast
- joyless
- downhearted
- down in the dumps
- cheerless
- down in the mouth
- in low spirits
Antonyms- happy
- bright
- cheerful
- jolly
- merry
- upbeat
- high-spirited
- chirpy
- jovial
- blithe
adj depressingSynonyms- depressing
- bad
- dismal
- dreary
- black
- saddening
- sombre
- dispiriting
- disheartening
- funereal
- cheerless
- comfortless
Synonyms for gloomyadj dark and depressingSynonyms- black
- bleak
- blue
- cheerless
- dark
- desolate
- dismal
- dreary
- glum
- joyless
- somber
- tenebrific
adj broodingly and sullenly unhappySynonyms- dour
- glum
- moody
- morose
- saturnine
- sour
- sulky
- sullen
- surly
adj in low spiritsSynonyms- blue
- dejected
- depressed
- desolate
- dispirited
- down
- downcast
- downhearted
- dull
- dysphoric
- heavy-hearted
- low
- melancholic
- melancholy
- sad
- spiritless
- tristful
- unhappy
- wistful
adj tending to cause sadness or low spiritsSynonyms- blue
- cheerless
- depressing
- dismal
- dispiriting
- joyless
- melancholy
- sad
adj marked by little hopefulnessSynonymsSynonyms for gloomyadj depressingly darkSynonymsRelated Wordsadj filled with melancholy and despondencySynonyms- down in the mouth
- downhearted
- low-spirited
- downcast
- dispirited
- blue
- depressed
- grim
- down
- low
Related Wordsadj causing dejectionSynonyms- dismal
- drear
- dreary
- disconsolate
- dingy
- drab
- sorry
- grim
- blue
- dark
Related Words- cheerless
- depressing
- uncheerful
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