PAINT A GLOOMY PICTURE

Meaning of PAINT A GLOOMY PICTURE in English

v. phr. To describe something in a gloomy, pessimistic way. We are sad because the weather forecast has painted a gloomy picture for all of next week when we go on vacation.

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PAINT A GLOOMY PICTURE — {v. phr.} To describe something in a gloomy, pessimistic way. * /We are sad because the weather forecast has painted …
Slang English vocab
PAINT A GLOOMY PICTURE — {v. phr.} To describe something in a gloomy, pessimistic way. * /We are sad because the weather forecast has painted …
Словарь английских идиом
PICTURE — I. ˈpikchə(r), -ksh- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Latin pictura, from pictus (past participle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PAINT — I. ˈpānt verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English peynten, painten, from Old French peindre (past participle peint ), from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GLOOMY — ˈglümē, -mi adjective ( usually -er/-est ) Etymology: gloom (I) + -y 1. a. : full of gloom : partially …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GLOOMY — (superl.) Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance.
Английский словарь Webster
GLOOMY — (superl.) Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy.
Английский словарь Webster
GLOOMY — ( superl. ) Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GLOOMY — ( superl. ) Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PICTURE — — picturable , adj. — picturableness , n. — picturably , adv. — picturer , n. /pik"cheuhr/ , n. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PAINT — — paintable , adj. — paintless , adj. /paynt/ , n. 1. a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GLOOMY — — gloomily , adv. — gloominess , n. /glooh"mee/ , adj., gloomier, gloomiest . 1. dark or dim; deeply shaded: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GLOOMY — adjective ( gloom·i·er ; -est ) Date: 1588 1. a. : partially or totally dark ; especially : dismally and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PAINT — noun a cosmetic; rouge. 2. paint ·noun a pigment or coloring substance. 3. paint ·vt to color one's face by …
Webster English vocab
GLOOMY — superl affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance. 2. gloomy ·superl imperfectly illuminated; dismal …
Webster English vocab
GLOOMY — [gloomy] adj gloom.i.er ; -est (1588) 1 a: partially or totally dark; esp: dismally and depressingly dark "~ weather" b: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PICTURE — / ˈpɪktʃə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun PAINTING / DRAWING 1. [ C ] a painting or drawing, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PAINT — / peɪnt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] a liquid that is put on surfaces …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GLOOMY — / ˈgluːmi; NAmE / adjective ( gloom·ier , gloomi·est ) 1. nearly dark, or badly lit in a way that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PICTURE — I. pic ‧ ture 1 S1 W1 /ˈpɪktʃə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ pictorial …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PAINT — I. paint 1 S2 W2 /peɪnt/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ paint , ↑ painter …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GLOOMY — gloom ‧ y /ˈɡluːmi/ BrE AmE ( comparative gloomier , superlative gloomiest ) adjective 1 . making you feel that …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PICTURE — n. & v. --n. 1 a (often attrib.) a painting, drawing, photograph, etc., esp. as a work of art (picture …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PAINT — n. & v. --n. 1 a colouring matter, esp. in liquid form for imparting colour to a surface. b this …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PICTURE — n. & v. n. 1 a (often attrib.) a painting, drawing, photograph, etc., esp. as a work of art (picture …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PAINT — n. & v. n. 1 a colouring matter, esp. in liquid form for imparting colour to a surface. b this …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PICTURE — n. & v. --n. 1. a (often attrib.) a painting, drawing, photograph, etc., esp. as a work of art (picture …
Oxford English vocab
PAINT — n. & v. --n. 1. a colouring matter, esp. in liquid form for imparting colour to a surface. b this …
Oxford English vocab
PICTURE — ( pictures, picturing, pictured) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A picture …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PAINT — ( paints, painting, painted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Paint is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GLOOMY — ( gloomier, gloomiest) 1. If a place is gloomy , it is almost dark so that you cannot see very …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PICTURE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a clear picture/idea (= a good understanding ) ▪ Some work experience should give …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PAINT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a painting hangs in a gallery ▪ Many of her pictures hang in the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GLOOMY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bleak/gloomy/grim picture (= giving the impression that something is or will be bad ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PICTURE — (REPRESENTATION) [noun] [C] - a representation of (someone or something) produced by drawing, painting or taking a photographThere was a …
Cambridge English vocab
GLOOMY — [adjective] -ier, -iestWhat gloomy weather we're having!We waited in a gloomy waiting-room.
Cambridge English vocab
PICTURE — Synonyms and related words : 3-D, CRT spot, Cinemascope, Cinerama, DM display, Doppler signal, IF signal, IM display, RF echoes, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GLOOMY — Synonyms and related words : Acheronian, Acherontic, Cassandra-like, Cassandran, Cassandrian, Cimmerian, Stygian, acheronian, acherontic, apocalyptic, bad, baleful, baneful, black, bleak, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GLOOMY — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: DARK 1, caliginous, dim, dun, dusky, lightless, murky, obscure, tenebrous, unilluminated Related Words: bleak, dismal, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
GLOOMY — adjective 1. Synonyms: dark 1, caliginous, dim, dun, dusky, lightless, murky, obscure, tenebrous, unilluminated Related Word: bleak, dismal, dreary Antonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PICTURE — I. noun 1 painting/drawing/photograph ADJECTIVE ▪ beautiful , lovely , pretty , striking , stunning , wonderful ▪ blurred , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GLOOMY — adj. VERBS ▪ be , feel , look , seem , sound ▪ become , get ▪ Now, don't start …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PICTURE — INDEX: 1. a picture that you paint or draw 2. a humorous drawing 3. a photograph 4. what you see …
Longman Activator English vocab
PAINT — INDEX: 1. to paint pictures 2. someone who paints pictures 3. to paint walls/doors/rooms etc 4. someone who paints walls, …
Longman Activator English vocab
GLOOMY — See ↑ DARK 1, ↑ EXPECT 6, ↑ HOPE 9 ◆◆◆ • ↑ glum/gloomy
Longman Activator English vocab
PICTURE — n. 25B6; noun pictures in an art gallery : PAINTING, DRAWING, sketch, oil painting, watercolour, print, canvas, portrait, portrayal, illustration, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PAINT — n. 25B6; noun COLOURING, colourant, tint, dye, stain, pigment, colour. See list. 25B6; verb simply paint the ceiling : COLOUR, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GLOOMY — adj. 25B6; adjective a gloomy room : DARK, shadowy, sunless, dim, sombre, dingy, dismal, dreary, murky, unwelcoming, cheerless, comfortless, funereal; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PICTURE — n. 1 drawing, painting, representation, portrait, depiction, artwork, illustration, sketch, photograph Here is a picture of our cottage in the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
GLOOMY — adj. 1 shadowy, shaded, shady, murky, dim, dusky, dull, dark, cloudy, overcast, obscure, black, inky, Literary Stygian It is too …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PICTURE — 1. сущ. 1) а) картина; рисунок a picture by Rubens ≈ картина Рубенса to draw, paint a picture ≈ рисовать, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PAINT — 1. сущ. 1) а) рисование б) рисунок 2) а) краска; окраска blob, speck of paint ≈ капля, пятно краски coat …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GLOOMY — прил. 1) темный, мрачный Be careful, the staircase is a little gloomy. ≈ Будь осторожен, лестница не очень хорошо освещается. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PICTURE — picture.ogg 1. ʹpıktʃə n 1. 1> картина; рисунок a picture by Kneller - картина Неллера to paint a picture - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PAINT — paint.ogg 1. peınt n 1. краска paste paint - густотёртая краска a fresh coat of paint - новый слой краски …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GLOOMY — gloomy.ogg ʹglu:mı a 1. мрачный; тёмный gloomy sky - тёмное небо gloomy house - мрачный дом gloomy weather - пасмурная …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PICTURE — 1) изображение || изображать 2) фотоснимок 3) кинофильм 4) кфт. , тлв кадр 5) шаблон; образец ( напр. при редактировании …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
PAINT — 1) краска || красить, окрашивать; раскрашивать 2) (сухой) пигмент 3) красочное покрытие 4) изображение ( на экране индикатора ) || …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
PICTURE — 1) изображение || изображать 2) фотоснимок 3) кинофильм 4) кфт., тлв кадр 5) шаблон; образец (напр. при редактировании данных) 6) полигр. иллюстрация; (изобразительный) оригинал • in picture …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PAINT — 1) краска || красить, окрашивать; раскрашивать 2) (сухой) пигмент 3) красочное покрытие 4) изображение (на экране индикатора) || выводить изображение (на экран индикатора) • to …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PICTURE — 1) видеоконтрольный 2) изображение 3) картина 4) картинный 5) рисовать 6) рисунок 7) снимок • achromatism of picture size — ахроматизм размера изображения automatic picture stabilization — автоматическая стабилизация …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PAINT — 1) закрасить 2) закрашивать 3) замалевать 4) замалевывать 5) красильный 6) краска 7) красящий 8) малярить 9) малярничать 10) малярный 11) накраска 12) окраска 13) окрашивать 14) покрасить 15) прокрашивать 16) разрисовать 17) разрисовывать 18) расписывать • aerosol spray-on …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PAINT — paint сущ.1) а) рисование б) рисунок 2) а) краска; окраска blob, speck of paint — капля, пятно краски coat of …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
GLOOMY — gloomy прил.1) темный, мрачный Be careful, the staircase is a little gloomy. — Будь осторожен, лестница не очень хорошо освещается. …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

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