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English adjective: gloomy

1. gloomy depressingly dark


SamplesThe gloomy forest.
The glooming interior of an old inn.
`gloomful' is archaic.


Synonymsgloomful, glooming, sulky


Similardark


Antonymslight

2. gloomy filled with melancholy and despondency


SamplesGloomy 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.


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


Similardejected


Antonymselated

3. gloomy causing dejection


SamplesA 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.


Synonymsblue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, grim, sorry


Similarcheerless, depressing, uncheerful


Antonymscheerful









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