gloomier; gloomiest
1
a
: partially or totally dark
especially
: dismally and depressingly dark
gloomy weather
b
: having a frowning or scowling appearance : forbidding
a gloomy countenance
c
: low in spirits : melancholy
2
a
: causing gloom : depressing
a gloomy story
a gloomy landscape
b
: lacking in promise or hopefulness : pessimistic
gloomy prophecies
a gloomy future
Synonyms
- black
- bleak
- cheerless
- chill
- Cimmerian
- cloudy
- cold
- comfortless
- dark
- darkening
- depressing
- depressive
- desolate
- dire
- disconsolate
- dismal
- drear
- dreary
- dreich [chiefly Scottish]
- elegiac
- elegiacal
- forlorn
- funereal
- glum
- godforsaken
- gray
- grey
- lonely
- lonesome
- lugubrious
- miserable
- morbid
- morose
- murky
- plutonian
- saturnine
- sepulchral
- solemn
- somber
- sombre
- sullen
- sunless
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- wretched
Examples of gloomy in a Sentence
We've had a week of gloomy weather.
The news continues to be gloomy.
She doesn't agree with their gloomy economic forecasts.
His book paints a gloomy picture of the prospects for peace.
I've never seen you looking so gloomy.
Recent Examples on the Web
Though Gotham is its own distinctively bleak urban space, not quite New York City but basically New York City, its overall universe casts a gloomy mirror on a 21st century America on the verge of class rebellion.
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
Kyiv, meanwhile, has been focused on stabilizing the frontline, but equally worried about the prevailing gloomy narrative and the sense that Ukraine is losing the war.
—Michael Kofman, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2024
Average incomes have risen by slightly more than that, boosting spending even as Americans report a gloomy outlook on the economy.
—Zeke Miller, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
Pretty sucky timing happening there, while Mercury retrograde is gleefully sowing misunderstandings that seem to legitimize your gloomy suspicions.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 9 Aug. 2024
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
Kyiv, meanwhile, has been focused on stabilizing the frontline, but equally worried about the prevailing gloomy narrative and the sense that Ukraine is losing the war.
—Michael Kofman, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2024
Average incomes have risen by slightly more than that, boosting spending even as Americans report a gloomy outlook on the economy.
—Zeke Miller, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
Pretty sucky timing happening there, while Mercury retrograde is gleefully sowing misunderstandings that seem to legitimize your gloomy suspicions.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 9 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for gloomy
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“Gloomy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gloomy. Accessed 16 Sep. 2024.
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