In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
GLOOMIEST
GLOOMY
glooming, gloomy, gloomful, sulky
(adjective) depressingly dark; âthe gloomy forestâ; âthe glooming interior of an old innâ; ââgloomfulâ is archaicâ
blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary
(adjective) causing dejection; âa blue dayâ; âthe dark days of the warâ; âa week of rainy depressing weatherâ; âa disconsolate winter landscapeâ; âthe first dismal dispiriting days of Novemberâ; âa dark gloomy dayâ; âgrim rainy weatherâ
gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited
(adjective) filled with melancholy and despondency; âgloomy at the thought of what he had to faceâ; âgloomy predictionsâ; âa gloomy silenceâ; âtook a grim view of the economyâ; âthe darkening moodâ; âlonely and blue in a strange cityâ; âdepressed by the loss of his jobâ; âa dispirited and resigned expression on her faceâ; âdowncast after his defeatâ; âfeeling discouraged and downheartedâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
gloomiest
superlative form of gloomy: most gloomy
Source: Wiktionary
GLOOMY
Gloom"y, a. [Compar. Gloomier; superl. Gloomiest.]
1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest shade." Milton.
2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance.
Syn.
– Dark; dim; dusky; dismal; cloudy; moody; sullen; morose; melancholy; sad; downcast; depressed; dejected; disheartened.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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