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- pronunciation:
- glu
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
adjective |
inflections: |
gloomier, gloomiest |
definition 1: |
dim or dark; dreary or dismal.
The prisoner was led into a gloomy, windowless cell.The sky was gloomy on the morning of the wedding, but it brightened up in time for the reception.- synonyms:
- dark, dim, dismal, dreary
- antonyms:
- brilliant, cheerful
- similar words:
- black, dusky, melancholy, moody, murky, pitch-black, shaded, shadowy, somber, sullen, sunless
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definition 2: |
exhibiting or filled with gloom; sad; melancholy.
The gloomy expression on his face told us he'd received another rejection from the publishers.- synonyms:
- cheerless, glum, melancholy, morose, sad, somber
- antonyms:
- cheerful, ebullient, exuberant, jovial, merry, radiant, sanguine, sunny
- similar words:
- blue, clammy, depressed, despondent, dispirited, doleful, downcast, grim, heavy-hearted, lugubrious, morbid, mournful, pensive, sunless, unhappy
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definition 3: |
causing gloom; dismal; pessimistic; depressing.
The weather report included a gloomy forecast for the week.The governor gave a gloomy speech on the economy.- synonyms:
- black, depressing, dismal, melancholy
- similar words:
- bleak, cheerless, dark, depressing, disconsolate, doleful, dreary, funereal, lugubrious, mournful, pessimistic, sunless
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related words: |
bleak, cloudy, dejected, dim, dour, low, moody, obscure, overcast, sad, solemn, sorry, stern, tragic, woebegone, woeful, wretched |
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derivations: |
gloomily (adv.), gloominess (n.) |
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