gloomy
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gloomy
- /ˈɡluːmi/ UK
- /ˈɡlumi/ US
Rhymes with -uːmi
Where it comes from
From gloom + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian glumig (“dark, gloomy”).
adjective gloomier · gloomiest
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Not very illuminated; dim because of darkness, especially when appearing depressing or frightening.
The cavern was gloomy.
Similar: dusky, dim, clouded, darksome, adumbral, blear, caliginous, cimmerian, crepuscular, dark, darkling, dimpsy
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Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.
a gloomy temper or countenance
Similar: bleak, depressed, dreary, miserable, cheerless, comfortless, dark, morose, depressing, desolate, dire, disconsolate
noun gloomies
- Someone or something that is gloomy or pessimistic. A word, finally, on how to go about this publicity business. If it should prove difficult to announce casts in the dailies, or at least in the weekly gloomies, it could surely be arranged that information be available, as soon as the casts are settled, at the opera house in question.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: gloomful, grim, dreary, glum, drear, depressive, disconsolate, depressing, long-faced, cheerless, dejected, saddening, sad, dismal, dispiriting, drab
Translations
Every language
adj imperfectly illuminated
| Español | lóbrego |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 어두운 eoduun |
| 日本語 | 暗い kurai |
| 中文 | 陰沉 /阴沉 yīnchén, 陰鬱 /阴郁 yīnyù |
| Português | escuro, obscuro |
| Français | lugubre, sombre, terne |
| Deutsch | düster, finster, trübe, dunkel, trüb |
| Italiano | tetro, uggioso |
| Русский | мра́чный mráčnyj, тёмный tjómnyj |
| עברית | אפל afél |
adj affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy
| Español | lóbrego, tétrico, luctuoso |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 暗い kurai, 陰気な inki na, 陰鬱な in'utsu na |
| 中文 | 陰沉 /阴沉 yīnchén, 陰鬱 /阴郁 yīnyù |
| Português | triste, melancólico, pessimista, lôbrego, lúgubre, sombrio |
| Français | lugubre, maussade, mélancolique, morne, sombre, terne |
| Deutsch | düster, dunkel, melancholisch, betrübt, niedergeschlagen, deprimiert |
| Italiano | cupo, lugubre |
| Română | lugubru, melancolic, sombru, tern |
| Русский | мра́чный mráčnyj, угрю́мый ugrjúmyj, хму́рый xmúryj, печа́льный pečálʹnyj, безотра́дный bezotrádnyj, безра́достный bezrádostnyj |
| العربية | كَئِيب kaʔīb, مُوحِش mūḥiš |
| עברית | קודר kodér |
Talk about this word "gloomy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gloomy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gloomy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gloomy "gloomy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gloomy.Cite this
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title = {gloomy},
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