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- pronunciation:
- glu
mi
- 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 |
adverb + (adj.)gloomy
decidedly, downright, equally, extremely, fairly, increasingly, pretty, rather, somewhat
(adj.)gloomy
+ noun
afternoon,
apartment,
assessment,
atmosphere,
bunch,
cave,
cloud,
colour,
conclusion,
corridor,
darkness,
depth,
fellow,
forecast,
forecaster,
forest,
fringe,
future,
gloom,
hallway,
interior,
landscape,
mansion,
mood,
news,
outlook,
overcast,
picture,
portrait,
prediction,
prognosis,
projection,
pronouncement,
prospect,
recession,
room,
satisfaction,
scenario,
shade,
shadow,
shroud,
silence,
sky,
speculation,
statistics,
thought,
tunnel,
view,
weather,
winter
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| derivations: |
gloomily (adv.), gloominess (n.) |
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