English noun: gloominess |
1. | gloominess (state) an atmosphere of depression and melancholy |
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| Samples | Gloom pervaded the office.
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| Synonyms | gloom, glumness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | ambiance, ambience, atmosphere |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bareness, bleakness, cloud, desolation, nakedness |
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2. | gloominess (feeling) a feeling of melancholy apprehension |
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| Synonyms | gloom, somberness, sombreness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread, melancholy |
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3. | gloominess (attribute) the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness |
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| Synonyms | lugubriousness, sadness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | uncheerfulness |
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