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UK
/ɡlˈuːmi/
]
[ US /ˈɡɫumi/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɫumi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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depressingly dark
`gloomful' is archaic
the glooming interior of an old inn
the gloomy forest -
causing dejection
a blue day
grim rainy weather
the dark days of the war
the first dismal dispiriting days of November
a week of rainy depressing weather
a dark gloomy day
a disconsolate winter landscape -
filled with melancholy and despondency
gloomy predictions
downcast after his defeat
depressed by the loss of his job
feeling discouraged and downhearted
a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
the darkening mood
lonely and blue in a strange city
a gloomy silence
took a grim view of the economy
How To Use gloomy In A Sentence
- It was still cold and a little gloomy but there was a dour magnificence to it.
- His defeat in the world championship led to a long period of gloomy introspection.
- Our school is still fantastic inside but from the outside, with its boarded up windows, it appears gloomy, horrible and derelict.
- Given how gloomy people are about the eurozone, it might not take much. Times, Sunday Times
- I feel pleasure in dwelling on the recollections of childhood, before misfortune had tainted my mind, and changed its bright visions of extensive usefulness into gloomy and narrow reflections upon self. Chapter 1
- She doesn't want you to spoil them by looking gloomy and funereal. Times, Sunday Times
- This might not seem like a ringing endorsement of war, but it contrasted with his gloomy assessments in the previous year.
- The world's largest chip maker gave a gloomy forecast for the first quarter.
- Given how gloomy people are about the eurozone, it might not take much. Times, Sunday Times
- It must be confessed, however, that certain influences darkened the style even before it had reached maturity; chief among these was a gloomy hierarchical splendour, and a ritual rigidity, which to-day we yet refer to, quite properly, as Byzantinism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
