gloomy
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mi 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.
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| —adj , gloomier, gloomiest | |
| 1. | dark or dismal |
| 2. | causing depression, dejection, or gloom: gloomy news |
| 3. | despairing; sad |
| 'gloomily | |
| —adv | |
| 'gloominess | |
| —n | |
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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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Example sentences
Dark pictures and gloomy forebodings are worse than useless.
Others live in the murky shadows of nondescript neighborhoods and the gloomy light of urban nightclubs.
Some parts of life seem dark and gloomy, while others are bright and colorful.
Friends and family of people with depression may feel that their loved one has been replaced by a gloomy doppelgänger.
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