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gloomy

/'gl/u/m/i/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was <i>gloomy</i>.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. depressingly dark

    adj.all

    Examples
    The gloomy forest.
    Synonyms gloomful glooming sulky

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. filled with melancholy and despondency

    adj.all

    Examples
    Gloomy at the thought of what he had to face.
    Gloomy predictions.
    A gloomy silence.
    Synonyms blue depressed dispirited down down in the mouth downcast downhearted grim low low-spirited

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. causing dejection

    adj.all

    Examples
    A dark gloomy day.
    Synonyms blue dark dingy disconsolate dismal drab drear dreary grim sorry

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

gloomgloomfulgloomilygloominessgloominggloomthgloomy deangloomy gusglopgloppengloregloria

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