GLOOMY


Meaning of GLOOMY in English

adjective

1.

Synonyms: dark 1, caliginous, dim, dun, dusky, lightless, murky, obscure, tenebrous, unilluminated

Related Word: bleak, dismal, dreary

Antonyms: brilliant

2.

Synonyms: sullen , crabbed, ||dorty, dour, glum, morose, saturnine, sulky, surly, ugly

Related Word: cheerless, dejected, depressed, downcast, joyless, melancholy, oppressed, solemn, unhappy, weary

Contrasted words: glad, happy, joyful, joyous, lighthearted; blithe, jocund, jovial, merry

Antonyms: cheerful

3.

causing or marked by gloom

the gloomy atmosphere of the dungeon

Synonyms: acheronian, acherontic, black, bleak, cheerless, cold, depressant, depressing, depressive, desolate, disconsolate, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dispiriting, drear, dreary, dusky, funereal, joyless, lugubrious, morne, oppressive, somber, tenebrific, unhappy, woebegone

Related Word: despondent, mirthless, pessimistic; melancholy, mournful, sad; drab, dull, muzzy

Contrasted words: bright, cheerful, happy; cheering, emboldening, encouraging, heartening, optimistic

Antonyms: gloomless

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