DICTOMETER

GLOOMY

(gloomy, lúgubre, tenebroso, dyster, mørk, mørkt, skummel)

1. Synonyms:
   • Glooming
   • Gloomy
   • Gloomful
   • Sulky
   Definitions:
   • depressingly dark
   Examples:
   • The gloomy forest
   • The glooming interior of an old inn
   • `gloomful' is archaic
   Antonyms:
   • Light
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Gloomy
   • Grim
   • Blue
   • Depressed
   • Dispirited
   • Down
   • Downcast
   • Downhearted
   • Down in the mouth
   • Low
   • Low-spirited
   Definitions:
   • filled with melancholy and despondency
   Examples:
   • 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
   Antonyms:
   • Elated
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Blue
   • Dark
   • Dingy
   • Disconsolate
   • Dismal
   • Gloomy
   • Grim
   • Sorry
   • Drab
   • Drear
   • Dreary
   Definitions:
   • causing dejection
   Examples:
   • 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
   Antonyms:
   • Cheerful