Related Words for gloomy

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grim
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Adjective, Adjective
dingy
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Adjective, Adjective
glum
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
dreary
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Noun, Adjective
dark
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Adjective, Adjective
depressing
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
depressive
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
sad
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Adjective, Adjective
dismal
/x
Adjective, Adjective
dejected
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
dispiriting
x/xx
Adjective, Adjective
disconsolate
xxxx
Adjective, Adjective
hopeless
/x
Adjective, Adjective
cheerless
/x
Adjective, Adjective
sorry
/x
Adjective, Adjective
blue
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
drab
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Noun, Adjective, Noun
bleak
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Adjective
sombre
/x
Adjective
somber
/x
Adjective
morose
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Adjective
pessimistic
xx/x
Adjective
dour
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Noun
doleful
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Adjective
lugubrious
x/xx
Adjective
rainy
/x
Adjective
stormy
/x
Adjective
ominous
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Adjective
miserable
/xxx
Adjective
foggy
/x
Adjective
downbeat
x/
Noun
melancholy
/xxx
Noun
dull
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Adjective
mournful
/x
Adjective
sorrowful
/xx
Adjective
dreadfully
/xx
Adverb
cloudy
/x
Noun
cheery
/x
Adjective
forlorn
x/
Adjective
sullen
/x
Adjective
melancholic
xx/x
Adjective
foreboding
x/x
Noun
overcast
/xx
Adjective
misty
/x
Noun
sunny
/x
Adjective
desolate
/xx
Adjective
moody
/x
Name
frightful
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Adjective
murky
/x
Adjective
joyless
/x
Adjective
downcast
/x
Adjective
upbeat
/x
Adjective
unpromising
x/xx
Adjective
morbid
/x
Adjective
cheerful
/x
Adjective
ghastly
/x
Adjective
snowy
/x
Noun
fatalistic
xx/x
Adjective
rosy
/x
Adjective
optimistic
xx/x
Adjective
despairing
x/x
Noun
portentous
x/x
Adjective
eerie
/x
Noun
wretched
/x
Adjective
pessimism
/xxx
Noun
chilly
/x
Adjective
hazy
/x
Adjective
harsh
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Adjective
shadowy
/xx
Adjective
frigid
/x
Adjective
nihilistic
/xxx
Adjective
bright
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Adjective
dreamy
/x
Adjective
darkened
/x
Adjective, Verb
spooky
/x
Noun
solemn
/x
Adjective
unpleasant
x/x
Adjective
grimy
/x
Adjective
apocalyptic
xxx/x
Noun
unhappy
x/x
Adjective
windy
/x
Noun
dank
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Noun
lonely
/x
Adjective
nightmarish
/xx
Adjective
awful
/x
Adjective
grey
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Name
grumpy
/x
Adjective
unfriendly
x/x
Adjective
deathly
/x
Adjective
dire
/
Adjective
wintry
/x
Adjective
oppressive
x/x
Adjective
sinister
/xx
Adjective
pensive
/x
Adjective
jovial
/xx
Adjective
dusky
/x
Noun
darkling
/x
Name
obscured
x/
Verb
dusk
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Noun
lowering
/xx
Verb
twilight
/x
Noun
black
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Name
sunless
/x
Adjective
moonless
/x
Noun
shaded
/x
Adjective
murk
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Noun
midnight
/x
Noun
under the weather
/xx/x
Phrase, Adjective
clair de lune
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Name, Name, Adjective
dungeons
/x
Noun
premonitions
xx/x
Noun
anticipations
xxx/x
Noun
prognoses
x/x
Noun
apprehensions
xx/x
Noun
prophecies
/xx
Noun
cavern
/x
Noun
pall
/
Noun
reverie
/xx
Noun
brooding
/x
Noun
despondency
x/xx
Noun
forecast
/x
Noun
ruminations
xx/x
Noun
defile
x/
Noun
meditations
xx/x
Noun
vale
/
Noun
predictions
x/x
Noun
dejection
x/x
Noun
recesses
/xx
Noun
prospect
/x
Noun
arduous
/xx
Adjective
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
burial
/xx
Noun
cloud
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Noun, Verb
creepy
/x
Adjective
day
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Noun, Verb
dim
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
disappointing
xx/x
Adjective
distressing
x/x
Adjective
doom
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Noun, Verb
down
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
ghoulish
/x
Adjective
grave
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
gray
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
happy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hesitant
/xx
Adjective
hopeful
/x
Adjective, Noun
inclement
x/x
Adjective
negative
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
pain
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Noun, Verb
rain
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Noun, Verb
serene
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
shady
/x
Adjective, Noun
slack
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
sluggish
/x
Adjective
sobering
/xx
Adjective
stark
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Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
tragic
/x
Adjective, Noun
unfortunate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
upset
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
gloss
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Noun, Verb
die
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Verb, Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun