Meaning

(informal) Preceded by the: gloom, despondency..

Definitions by Sense

1. (informal) Preceded by the: gloom, despondency.
2. (informal) plural of gloomy

Example Sentences

The drear departing day, the coming night, / Increase the gloomies of the tempest's sound, / And damp the last faint hope those trembling souls had found.

[…] Chichester was too good-natured not to exert himself for the enlivenment of a handsome girl suffering under a fit of the gloomies—more especially of one who happened to be an intimate friend of his sweet Cecilia!

If anything happens to me I want you to promise me something. Promise me you'll make a new life for yourself. As soon as you can. You're very young. Don't get the gloomies and be a martyr, please.

The Pacific Northwest is often overcast, and the Grumneys' decision to keep almost all of their trees around and in the middle of the compound meant we could be into the dark and gloomies if we were not careful.

But thanks for the opening night gift. If anything can keep away the gloomies and bad luck, this will.

He's down in the dumps because nobody wants to buy his art and his wife died, while she's got a case of the gloomies in response to public apathy for the plight of the underclass.

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Use gloomies when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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