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gloomy::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, grim, low, low-spirited |
| Derivation | gloominess |
gloomy at the thought of what he had to face.
gloomy predictions.
a gloomy silence.
Examples of gloomy
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The first major economic report of 2008 cast a gloomy shadow on the coming year.
From the forbes.com
Fed officials say that CEOs they've spoken to have been almost uniformly gloomy.
From the businessweek.com
On a phone call to a reporter, he sounds chipper in spite of the gloomy outcome.
From the businessweek.com
He needed surgery on the spot, and even then the long-term prognosis was gloomy.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Across the country, cloud cover and cool temperatures made for a gloomy weekend.
From the independent.co.uk
The shortfall in profits re-ignites concern that the economic outlook is gloomy.
From the nzherald.co.nz
If that makes Fissure sound dark and gloomy, it's unlikely to turn out that way.
From the guardian.co.uk
In fact, the overall gloomy economic picture may be providing fewer enticements.
From the washingtontimes.com
What a gloomy summer it's been, with the flailing economy and the bad wildfires.
From the sacbee.com
- Glooming: depressingly dark; "the gloomy forest"; "the glooming interior of an old inn"; "`gloomful' is archaic"
- Filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned ...
- Blue: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
- (gloom) a state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to dispel the gloom"
- (gloominess) gloom: an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office"
- (gloominess) gloom: a feeling of melancholy apprehension
- (gloominess) the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
- Gloom is a depressing darkness.
- (Gloom (album)) Gloom is the debut album of Macabre, released in 1989. Several versions of this album exist. Some versions include the Grim Reality EP, other include a few live tracks and two songs from the Grim Reality EP.
