gloomy
[ gloo-mee ]
/ ˈglu mi /
adjective, gloom·i·er, gloom·i·est.
dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
causing gloom; dismal or depressing: a gloomy prospect.
filled with or showing gloom; sad, dejected, or melancholy.
hopeless or despairing; pessimistic: a gloomy view of the future.
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funereal, dim, murky, overcast, somber, dreary, cloudy, dismal, forlorn, dull, bleak, pessimistic, dour, sullen, solemn, melancholy, sad, ugly, glum, depressed
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Origin of gloomy
SYNONYMS FOR gloomy
1. obscure, shadowy, dusky; lowering, threatening. 3. downcast, downhearted, despondent, depressed, glum, dispirited.
Synonym study
1. See dark.
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Examples from the Web for gloomy
gloomy
/ (ˈɡluːmɪ) /
adjective gloomier or gloomiest
dark or dismal
causing depression, dejection, or gloomgloomy news
despairing; sad
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gloomy
1580s, probably from gloom even though that word is not attested as early as this one is. Shakespeare used it of woods, Marlowe of persons. Gloomy Gus used in a general sense of "sullen person" since 1940s, from a comic strip character of that name first recorded 1904. Related: Gloomily; gloominess.
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