Synonyms of gloominess

gloominess

noun

as in sadness

a state or spell of low spirits

even in the depths of her gloominess she never lost hope entirely

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sadness
• depression
• melancholy
• gloom
• sorrowfulness
• mournfulness
• sorrow
• anguish
• grief
• dreariness
• dejection
• unhappiness
• misery
• glumness
• blues
• oppression
• joylessness
• despair
• desperation
• agony
• forlornness
• despondency
• heartsickness
• despondence
• miserableness
• dumps
• pain
• mopes
• mourning
• doldrums
• boredom
• downheartedness
• desolation
• despond
• blue devils
• distress
• melancholia
• somberness
• regret
• disconsolateness
• dispiritedness
• self-pity
• discouragement
• hopelessness
• dolefulness
• wretchedness
• woe
• dolor
• ennui
• moroseness
• disheartenment
• moodiness
• tedium
• morbidness
• drear
• woefulness
• self-despair
• rue
• dismalness
• morosity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joy
• exuberance
• happiness
• euphoria
• joyousness
• elation
• exultation
• ecstasy
• intoxication
• bliss
• jubilation
• joyfulness
• rapture
• exhilaration
• gladness
• mirth
• heaven
• felicity
• optimism
• glee
• merriment
• gaiety
• humor
• joviality
• lightheartedness
• jollity
• cheerfulness
• hopefulness
• blissfulness
• cheeriness
• gayness
• contentment
• satisfaction
• cheer
• elatedness
• gleefulness
• mirthfulness
• content
• rapturousness
• sunniness
• gladsomeness
• contentedness
• delight
• gratification

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gloominess

Colors are accurate and saturated, doing justice to the bright vibrance of Frieren on Crunchyroll on my iPad Air and the dark gloominess of Ball x Pit on my Switch 2 via an adapter. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 12 Mar. 2026

His gloominess seemed to make no sense. — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025

While most of the central bank’s policymakers still see inflation as a bigger threat than the jobs market — whose weakening may be more driven by slower immigration than corporate gloominess — there’s little consensus on the path forward, according to the September minutes released Wednesday. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025

But at a moment when many people are in a perpetual state of gloominess — courtesy of the news, social media doomscrolling or streaming/cable dramas that confuse lack of literal illumination with profundity — the pleasantly sunny escapism is difficult to resent. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025