adj satadj.alldepressingly darkSynset:gloomful glooming sulky
Examples:- the gloomy forest
- the glooming interior of an old inn
- 'gloomful' is archaic
Antonyms:light
Derivationally Related Form:gloomgloominess
Inherited Hypernyms:glooming
Similar to:dark
adj satadj.allfilled with melancholy and despondencySynset:blue depressed dispirited down down in the mouth downcast downhearted grim low low-spirited
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:elated
Derivationally Related Form:downheartednessdispiritednesslow-spiritednesslownessgloominess
Inherited Hypernyms:gloomy
Similar to:dejected
adj satadj.allcausing dejectionSynset:blue dark dingy disconsolate dismal drab drear dreary grim sorry
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:cheerful
Derivationally Related Form:dreariness
Inherited Hypernyms:blue
Similar to:cheerless depressing uncheerful