Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Partially or totally dark, especially dismal and dreary.
- adjective Showing or filled with gloom.
- adjective Causing or producing gloom; depressing.
- adjective Marked by hopelessness; very pessimistic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Thickly shaded; cheerlessly obscure; shadowy; dark; somber.
- Affected with, characterized by, or expressing gloom; wearing the aspect of sorrow; depressed or depressing; melancholy; doleful: as, a gloomy countenance; a gloomy prospect.
- Synonyms Dim, dusky, cloudy, cheerless, lowering. See
darkness .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded.
- adjective Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Imperfectly
illuminated ;dismal throughobscurity ordarkness ;dusky ;dim ;clouded . - adjective Affected with, or expressing,
gloom ;melancholy ;dejected .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective depressingly dark
- adjective causing dejection
- adjective filled with melancholy and despondency
Etymologies
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He then proceeded to make a little speech about the spirit of the age, and the influence of routine, which he described as a gloomy gnome.
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If, as seems likely, they remain gloomy, then Democrats will suffer.
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