Meaning of gloomy in English

1. Pronunciation

   /ˈɡlumi/

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1. Classifying Adjective

   gloomy

   Definitions

   1. characterized by hopelessness

   Examples

   • « filled with gloom »
   • « 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 »

   Synonyms

   • hopeless
2. 2. depressing in character or appearance

   Examples

   • « drove through dingy streets »
   • « the dismal prison twilight- Charles Dickens »
   • « drab old buildings »
   • « a dreary mining town »
   • « gloomy tenements »
   • « sorry routine that follows on the heels of death- B.A.Williams »

   Synonyms

   • cheerless
   • uncheerful
3. 3. depressingly dark

   Examples

   • « the gloomy forest »
   • « the glooming interior of an old inn »
   • « 'gloomful' is archaic »

   Synonyms

   • dark
4. 4. causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom

   Examples

   • « a gloomy outlook »
   • « gloomy news »

   Synonyms

   • sad
5. 5. reflecting gloom

   Examples

   • « gloomy faces »

   Synonyms

   • dejected
6. 6. 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 »

   Synonyms

   • cheerless
   • uncheerful