gloomy
Americanadjective
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dark or dim; deeply shaded.
gloomy skies.
- Synonyms:
- threatening, lowering, dusky, shadowy, obscure
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causing gloom; dismal or depressing.
a gloomy prospect.
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filled with or showing gloom; sad, dejected, or melancholy.
- Synonyms:
- dispirited, glum, depressed, despondent, downhearted, downcast
- Antonyms:
- happy
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hopeless or despairing; pessimistic.
a gloomy view of the future.
adjective
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dark or dismal
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causing depression, dejection, or gloom
gloomy news
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despairing; sad
Related Words
See dark ( def. ).
Other Word Forms
- gloomily adverb
- gloominess noun
- overgloomily adverb
- overgloominess noun
- overgloomy adjective
- ungloomily adverb
- ungloomy adjective
Etymology
Origin of gloomy
Example Sentences
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But Guo makes a major change; for in her story, the young and sometimes gloomy male protagonist has been transformed into an adventurous young woman.
From Los Angeles Times
This wasn’t because he was gloomy about stocks, but because he knew that for most people, volatility is the enemy, not the friend.
From MarketWatch
It was really foggy that day, really gloomy, and just so somber and tense.
From Los Angeles Times
There’s a lovely recent phenomenon of the United States exceeding the gloomy economic forecasts of people who get paid to issue economic forecasts.
Despite their gloomy sentiment on the economy, U.S. consumers keep spending.
From MarketWatch
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