GLOOMY

glooming, gloomy, gloomful, sulky

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

blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary

(adjective) causing dejection; “a blue day”; “the dark days of the war”; “a week of rainy depressing weather”; “a disconsolate winter landscape”; “the first dismal dispiriting days of November”; “a dark gloomy day”; “grim rainy weather”

gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited

(adjective) filled with melancholy and despondency; “gloomy at the thought of what he had to face”; “gloomy predictions”; “a gloomy silence”; “took a grim view of the economy”; “the darkening mood”; “lonely and blue in a strange city”; “depressed by the loss of his job”; “a dispirited and resigned expression on her face”; “downcast after his defeat”; “feeling discouraged and downhearted”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

gloomy (comparative gloomier, superlative gloomiest)

Not very illuminated; dim because of darkness, especially when appearing depressing or frightening.

Synonyms: dusky, dim, clouded, Thesaurus:dark

Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.

Synonyms: bleak, dreary, miserable, Thesaurus:cheerless

Source: Wiktionary

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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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