gloomy

gloomy

adj \ˈglü-mē\

gloom·i·ergloom·i·est

Definition of GLOOMY

1

a : partially or totally dark; especially : dismally and depressingly dark <gloomy weather> b : having a frowning or scowling appearance : forbidding <a gloomy countenance> c : low in spirits : melancholy

2

a : causing gloom : depressing <a gloomy story> <a gloomy landscape> b : lacking in promise or hopefulness : pessimistic <gloomy prophecies> <a gloomy future>

— gloom·i·ly \-mə-lē\ adverb

— gloom·i·ness \-mē-nəs\ noun

Examples of GLOOMY

1. We've had a week of gloomy weather.
2. The news continues to be gloomy.
3. She doesn't agree with their gloomy economic forecasts.
4. His book paints a gloomy picture of the prospects for peace.
5. I've never seen you looking so gloomy.

First Known Use of GLOOMY

1588

Related to GLOOMY

Synonyms: black, bleak, cheerless, chill, Cimmerian, cloudy, cold, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, depressive, desolate, dire, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, dreich [chiefly Scottish], elegiac (also elegiacal), forlorn, funereal, glum, godforsaken, gray (also grey), lonely, lonesome, lugubrious, miserable, morbid, morose, murky, plutonian, saturnine, sepulchral, solemn, somber (or sombre), sullen, sunless, tenebrific, tenebrous, wretched

Antonyms: bright, cheerful, cheering, cheery, comforting, cordial, festive, friendly, gay, heartwarming, sunshiny

Related Words: blue, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, down, droopy, hangdog, inconsolable, low, melancholic, melancholy, mirthless, sad, unhappy, woebegone, woeful; dim, discomfiting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, dispiriting, distressful, distressing, upsetting; desperate, hopeless, pessimistic; lamentable, mournful, plaintive, sorrowful; colorless, drab, dull; dour, grim, lowering (also louring), lowery (also loury), menacing, negative, oppressive, threatening

Near Antonyms: blithe, blithesome, buoyant, gay, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, merry, mirthful; encouraging, hopeful, optimistic; lighthearted, lightsome

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Rhymes with GLOOMY

bloomy, boomy, doomy, fumy, plumy, rheumy, roomy, spumy