GLOOMFUL

glooming, gloomy, gloomful, sulky

(adjective) depressingly dark; “the gloomy forest”; “the glooming interior of an old inn”; “‘gloomful’ is archaic”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

gloomful (comparative more gloomful, superlative most gloomful)

(archaic or poetic) gloomy

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

2 April 2025

COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂ­a Municipal de ChinchinĂĄ (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂ­var, ChinchinĂĄ, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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