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gloomy Gus
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | gloomy Gus - someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expressionpicklepuss, pouter, sourpusscolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechunwelcome person, persona non grata - a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome |
gloomy Gus
gloomy GusSomeone who is particularly somber or pessimistic. "Gloomy Gus" was a character in the comic strip Happy Houligan. Of course he doesn’t think we'll get there in time—he's a real Gloomy Gus. Quit being a gloomy Gus and smile for the camera!gloomy GusA perpetually unhappy person. Gloomy Gus was a character in Happy Houligan, one of the earliest (1900) newspaper comic strips. Unlike his jovial brother Happy, saturnine Gus never smiled because he never found any reason to. For much of the 20th century, pessimists and anyone else who happened to look sad was referred to as a “gloomy Gus.”Gloomy Gus
Gloomy Gusone with a pessimistic outlook on the world. [Am. Usage: Misc.]See: Pessimismgloomy Gus
Synonyms for gloomy Gusnoun someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expressionSynonymsRelated Words- colloquialism
- unwelcome person
- persona non grata
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