GLOOMY


Meaning of GLOOMY in English

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , feel , look , seem , sound

▪ become , get

Now, don't start to get ~.

▪ remain

ADVERB

▪ very

The future looked very ~.

▪ far from ( esp. BrE )

The committee's view was in fact far from ~.

▪ pretty , rather

PREPOSITION

▪ about

Many businesses remain ~ about the prospects for the economy.

Gloomy is used with these nouns: ↑ atmosphere , ↑ corner , ↑ corridor , ↑ forecast , ↑ future , ↑ house , ↑ interior , ↑ mood , ↑ outlook , ↑ picture , ↑ prediction , ↑ street , ↑ thought , ↑ weather

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .