gloominess

Noun

Meaning

State of being gloomy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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People always called the Cure gloomy, but listening to the Cure made me happy. There was something about the gloominess that gave me comfort, and I think we're the same way. Billy Corgan

I am so often accused of gloominess and melancholy. And I think I'm probably the most cheerful man around. I don't consider myself a pessimist at all. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel completely soaked to the skin. Leonard Cohen

I prefer the gloominess to the sun. I don't know why. Skrillex

gloom pervaded the office Source: Internet

It has been suggested that it comes from the Anglo-Cornish word "Tulgu", 'darkness', which in turn comes from the Cornish language "Tewolgow" 'darkness, gloominess'. Source: Internet

The increasing gloominess of Donne's tone may also be observed in the religious works that he began writing during the same period. Source: Internet

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