[gloomy] adj gloom.i.er ; -est (1588) 1 a: partially or totally dark; esp: dismally and depressingly dark "~ weather" b: having a frowning or scowling appearance: forbidding "a ~ countenance" c: low in spirits: melancholy
2. a: causing gloom: depressing "a ~ story" "a ~ landscape" b: lacking in promise or hopefulness: pessimistic "~ prophecies" "a ~ future" syn see sullen -- gloom.i.ly adv -- gloom.i.ness n