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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Dusky :: Dusky (a.) Gloomy; sad; melancholy.
Pessimistic :: Pessimistic (a.) Of or pertaining to pessimism; characterized by pessimism; gloomy; foreboding.
Sombrous :: Sombrous (a.) Gloomy; somber.
Darkling :: Darkling (p. pr. & a.) Becoming dark or gloomy; frowing.
Waste :: Waste (a.) Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless..
Murky :: Murky (superl.) Dark; obscure; gloomy.
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky..
Dull :: Dull (superl.) Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day..
Sad :: Sad (supperl.) Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.
Gloom :: Gloom (v. t.) To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
Surly :: Surly (a.) Gloomily morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe; sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; gloomy; as, a surly groom; a surly dog; surly language; a surly look..
Look :: Look (n.) Hence; Appearance; aspect; as, the house has a gloomy look; the affair has a bad look..
Scowl :: Scowl (v. i.) Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower..
Black-faced :: Black-faced (a.) Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect..
Darksome :: Darksome (a.) Dark; gloomy; obscure; shaded; cheerless.
Tenebrous :: Tenebrous (a.) Dark; gloomy; dusky; tenebrious.
Adust :: Adust (a.) Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy.
Cloud :: Cloud (v. t.) To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen..
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..
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house..
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