gloomy

Letters that make gloomy

o, g, l, m, y are letters that make 'gloomy'

Words within gloomy

loom, loo, gloom are words within 'gloomy'


3 possible definitions for 'gloomy'

Gloomy as "causing dejection"

Under this definition, gloomy is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

grim, dingy, dark, blue, disconsolate, dismal, sorry, drab, drear, dreary have the same meaning as 'gloomy'

Derivatives of gloomy

insipidity, boringness, dreariness, insipidness are derivatives of 'gloomy'.

Similar to gloomy

depressing, cheerless, uncheerful are similar to 'gloomy'.

Example of gloomy used within this context

"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"


Gloomy as "filled with melancholy and despondency"

Under this definition, gloomy is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

downhearted, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited have the same meaning as 'gloomy'

Derivatives of gloomy

gloominess, lugubriousness, sadness, somberness, sombreness, gloom, dejectedness, downheartedness, low-spiritedness, dispiritedness, lowness are derivatives of 'gloomy'.

Similar to gloomy

dejected is similar to gloomy.

Example of gloomy used within this context

"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 expression on her face", "downcast after his defeat", "feeling discouraged and downhearted"


Gloomy as "depressingly dark"

Under this definition, gloomy is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

glooming, gloomful, sulky have the same meaning as 'gloomy'

Derivatives of gloomy

gloominess, lugubriousness, sadness, somberness, sombreness, gloom are derivatives of 'gloomy'.

Similar to gloomy

dark is similar to gloomy.

Example of gloomy used within this context

"the gloomy forest", "the glooming interior of an old inn", "`gloomful' is archaic"



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