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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If the novel stayed in that lecturing, gloomy zone, it’d be easy to lose patience with it.
From Los Angeles Times
Slap-bang in the middle of a month that is all about freezing drizzle and self-denial, the third Monday in January is notoriously the gloomiest day of the year.
From BBC
Still, that may be a problem for another day, as long as forward-looking commentary isn’t too gloomy and fourth-quarter earnings deliver.
From Barron's
Still, that may be a problem for another day, as long as forward-looking commentary isn’t too gloomy and fourth-quarter earnings deliver.
From Barron's
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
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