gloomy

Speech parts

1. gloomy - Noun

2. gloomy - Adjective

4. gloomy - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy.

Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dark depressed dismal downcast moody down blue sad sorry melancholy grim drab dispirited sullen dejected
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Antonyms

ruby scarlet merry jolly dolce corky
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Phrases with the word

be gloomy become gloomy gloomy landscape gloomy cloud gloomy beetle gloomy humor

Derivatives

Gloomier gloomiest

Examples

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life. Jean Paul

A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast. Friedrich Schiller

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief. Benjamin Disraeli

Nothing that has happened has made me feel gloomy or remain depressed. I love my life. Luciano Pavarotti

When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find that far more, and far more hideous, crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. C. P. Snow

When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind. Michel de Montaigne

Close letter words and terms

gloomster gloomth gloomward gloomy beetle gloomy cloud gloomy day