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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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Gloomy
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Example Sentences
- This is the kind of book that romance fans will read and reread on gloomy days.
- Almost no restoration has been done to the temple; it has been swallowed by jungle, creating a quiet, gloomy atmosphere.
- Fight off gloomy days with a colorful garden.
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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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