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adjective, gloom·i·er, gloom·i·est.
1.
dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
2.
causing gloom; dismal or depressing: a gloomy prospect.
3.
filled with or showing gloom; sad, dejected, or melancholy.
4.
hopeless or despairing; pessimistic: a gloomy view of the future.
Related forms
gloom·i·ly, adverb
gloom·i·ness, noun
o·ver·gloom·i·ly, adverb
o·ver·gloom·i·ness, noun
o·ver·gloom·y, adjective
EXPANDSynonyms
1. obscure, shadowy, dusky; lowering, threatening. 3. downcast, downhearted, despondent, depressed, glum, dispirited.
1. obscure, shadowy, dusky; lowering, threatening. 3. downcast, downhearted, despondent, depressed, glum, dispirited.
Antonyms
3. happy.
3. happy.
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Gloominess
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Word Origin & History
gloomy
1580s, probably from gloom even though that word is not attested as early as this one is. Shakespeare used it of woods, Marlowe of persons. Gloomy Gus used in a general sense of "sullen person" since 1940s, from a comic strip character of that name first recorded 1904.
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