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Synonyms for gloomy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : gloo-mee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈglu mi

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Définition of gloomy

Origin :
  • 1580s, probably from gloom even though that word is not attested as early as this one is. Shakespeare used it of woods, Marlowe of persons. Gloomy Gus used in a general sense of "sullen person" since 1940s, from a comic strip character of that name first recorded 1904. Related: Gloomily; gloominess.
  • adj dark, black
  • adj feeling down, blue
  • adj sad, depressing
Example sentences :
  • Horace Milbrey sits alone in his gloomy, high-ceilinged library.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • No one knows what that man suffers; it makes him gloomy all the time about everything.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Dark pictures and gloomy forebodings are worse than useless.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • He was silent, and almost as gloomy as Hiram Bartlett himself.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • If your wife was sensitive, you would kill her with your gloomy fits.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Her brother's face, gloomy behind the iron screen, tickled her fancy.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • The scenery before the gorge of the river is reached is gloomy, but grand.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • My talk with Colonel Dayton had, in a way, contributed to this gloomy feeling.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Gloomy is my soul; and all Nature around me partakes of my gloom!
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • The affairs of the Mediterranean wore at this time a gloomy aspect.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey

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