Definition of gloomy

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Gloomy (superl.) Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy..

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Sombre :: Sombre (a.) Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house..
Lightsome :: Lightsome (a.) Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright.
Erebus :: Erebus (n.) A place of nether darkness, being the gloomy space through which the souls passed to Hades. See Milton's Paradise Lost, Book II., line 883..
Gloom :: Gloom (n.) A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove..
Black-faced :: Black-faced (a.) Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect..
Look :: Look (n.) Hence; Appearance; aspect; as, the house has a gloomy look; the affair has a bad look..
Tenebricose :: Tenebricose (a.) Tenebrous; dark; gloomy.
Saturnine :: Saturnine (a.) Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper..
Murky :: Murky (superl.) Dark; obscure; gloomy.
Black :: Black (a.) Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible..
Mirk :: Mirk (a.) Dark; gloomy; murky.
Darksome :: Darksome (a.) Dark; gloomy; obscure; shaded; cheerless.
Brood :: Brood (v. i.) To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought; -- usually followed by over or on; as, to brood over misfortunes..
Pessimistic :: Pessimistic (a.) Of or pertaining to pessimism; characterized by pessimism; gloomy; foreboding.
Lowery :: Lowery (a.) Cloudy; gloomy; lowering; as, a lowery sky; lowery weather..
Dreary :: Dreary (superl.) Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy..
Cloud :: Cloud (v. t.) To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen..
Brighten :: Brighten (v. i.) To grow bright, or more bright; to become less dark or gloomy; to clear up; to become bright or cheerful..
Pluto :: Pluto (n.) The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World..
Sullen :: Sullen (a.) Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.
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