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Gloomy

/ˈɡluːmi/ · adjective

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

  1. Not very illuminated; dim because of darkness, especially when appearing depressing or frightening.
  2. Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.
  3. (informal) Someone or something that is gloomy or pessimistic.

Example Sentences

The cavern was gloomy.
a gloomy temper or countenance
The report was slightly gloomier than in June, when unemployment rates eased in more than half of all U.S. states for a third straight month and only five states reported jobless rate increases.
“The outlook is less gloomy than in our October forecast, and could represent a turning point, with growth bottoming out and inflation declining,” Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, the IMF’s director of research, wrote in a blog post.
The opposite of an escapist blockbuster, the eighth and apparently final outing for Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt is the doomiest and gloomiest yet in the action-adventure franchise.
A word, finally, on how to go about this publicity business. If it should prove difficult to announce casts in the dailies, or at least in the weekly gloomies, it could surely be arranged that information be available, as soon as the casts are settled, at the opera house in question.
As well, Russians did not use the confusion of Y2K to launch a preemptive nuclear strike against the United States, as Internet "gloomies" had cautioned, now wagging their online tails in Internet chat rooms as "pollies" (Pollyannas) rubbed salt in their paranoid wounds.
He lately sports a look known as "Goth," the most outre aspect of which is, in his case, black nail polish. Really serious Goths, who wear black clothing and spectral makeup, are known as "gloomies," or so Owen tells me. He's not one of them.

Synonyms for gloomy

duskydimcloudedblearcaliginouscimmeriancrepusculardarkdarksomedarklingdimpsydingydullfuliginousgloomyinfernalleadenlightlessmirksomemurkymurksomeobscureshadysombersombrousstygiansunlessswarthytenebrosetenebrous

Antonyms for gloomy

Related Words

gloomfulgrimdrearyglumdreardepressivedisconsolatedepressinglong-facedcheerlessdejectedsaddeningsaddismaldispiritingdrabhopelessdingydarkuncheerful

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does gloomy mean?

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

What is a synonym for gloomy?

Common synonyms include dusky, dim, clouded, blear.

What is the opposite of gloomy?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use gloomy in a sentence?

The cavern was gloomy.

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