Antonyms for gloominess


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


Definition of gloominess

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.
  • As in melancholy : noun depression, sadness
  • As in pessimism : noun belief in bad outcome
  • As in sadness : noun unhappiness, depression
  • As in shade : noun dimness
  • As in blues : noun depression
  • As in sulkiness : noun sourness
  • As in sullenness : noun sulkiness
  • As in unhappiness : noun sorrow
  • As in despondence : noun sadness
  • As in downheartedness : noun gloom
  • As in drabness : noun dullness
  • As in depression : noun low spirits; despair
  • As in desolation : noun distress, unhappiness
  • As in dumps : noun depression
  • As in gloom : noun darkness, blackness
Example sentences :
  • He was given to gloominess, and fancied that he was disposed to evil.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • Discontent, discomfort, worry, gloominess on nearly every face.
  • Extract from : « Evening Round Up » by William Crosbie Hunter
  • Louis had none of his brother's gloominess, but was perfectly radiant.
  • Extract from : « Ten Years Later » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere
  • That Edward Beverley had fits of gloominess and impatience is not surprising.
  • Extract from : « The Children of the New Forest » by Captain Marryat
  • But with all the gloominess mingles the white hawthorn blossom.
  • Extract from : « The Insect » by Jules Michelet
  • You talk to your children with a stiffness, a gloominess, a brusqueness which will close their hearts.
  • Extract from : « The Correspondence of Madame, Princess Palatine, Mother of the Regent; of Marie-Adlade de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne; and of Madame de Maintenon, in Relation to Saint-Cyr » by Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d Orlans; Marie Adelaide, of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy; and Madame de Maintenon
  • What strikes one in this city is a general aspect of gloominess.
  • Extract from : « From Paris to Pekin over Siberian Snows » by Victor Meignan
  • It was sad, even to gloominess; and something of shame seemed to cover it.
  • Extract from : « Phantastes » by George MacDonald
  • The prisoner forgot his own gloom, in his surprise at the gloominess of the other.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories, August, 1931 » by Various
  • "It has, indeed," said Sir George, with a gloominess that was far from usual with him.
  • Extract from : « Pharos, The Egyptian » by Guy Newell Boothby

Synonyms for gloominess

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