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gloomy

(gluːmi)
Word forms: comparative gloomier, superlative gloomiest
1. adjective
If a place is gloomy, it is almost dark so that you cannot see very well.
Inside it's gloomy after all that sunshine.
...this huge gloomy church.
Synonyms: dark, dull, dim, dismal More Synonyms of gloomy
2. adjective
If people are gloomy, they are unhappy and have no hope.
Graduates are feeling gloomy about the jobs market.
gloomily adverb [ADVERB with verb]
He tells me gloomily that he has been called up for army service.
3. adjective
If a situation is gloomy, it does not give you much hope of success or happiness.
...a gloomy picture of an economy sliding into recession.
Officials say the outlook for next year is gloomy.
Synonyms: depressing, bad, dismal, dreary More Synonyms of gloomy
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gloomy in British English

(ˈɡluːmɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: gloomier or gloomiest
1. 
dark or dismal
2. 
causing depression, dejection, or gloom
gloomy news
3. 
despairing; sad
Derived forms
gloomily (ˈgloomily)
adverb
gloominess (ˈgloominess)
noun

gloomy in American English

(ˈglumi)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈgloomier or ˈgloomiest
1. 
overspread with or enveloped in darkness or dimness
2. 
a. 
very sad or dejected; hopeless; melancholy
b. 
morose or sullen
3. 
causing gloom; dismal; depressing
SIMILAR WORDS:  dark
Derived forms
gloomily (ˈgloomily)
adverb
gloominess (ˈgloominess)
noun

Examples of 'gloomy' in a sentence
gloomy

This gloomy picture is not without silver linings.
The Sun (2016)
The pound is in the doldrums and economic forecasts are gloomy.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There is a glimmer of hope to the gloomy winter outlook.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
When forecasts were gloomy, managers may have been forgiven for cutting training and certification.
Computing (2010)
The gloomy outlook has intensified concerns about the company's cashflow and whether it can sustain its dividend.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The economy has defied gloomy predictions of a collapse, with growth of 0.5 per cent in the three months after the referendum.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
So how does this rather gloomy picture fit with the aims of the ethical investor?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Why is the outlook suddenly more gloomy?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It is not as gloomy as people think.
The Sun (2016)
There have recently been gloomy forecasts of lost jobs.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The room was all dark and gloomy.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The official listening figures appear to tell a much gloomier story.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Worried about a gloomy economic new year?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
London investors shrugged off gloomy jobless news.
The Sun (2009)
It is hard not to be gloomy about the economy given the headwinds we are facing.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Shell painted a gloomy picture across most of its businesses.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The wet conditions and gloomy outlook are likely to be the same tomorrow.
The Sun (2015)
But being editor is not all about gloomy forecasts.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The office was gloomy and dark and the hours long.
Richard Ingrams The Life and Adventures of William Cobbett (2005)
Not that a mood of gloomy resignation did much for the football team.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They will not choose another five years of this gloomy image.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Only the fact that inflation was slowing brightened the gloomy picture.
Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
The gloomy trading outlook has made potential suitors more cautious.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The atmosphere was dark and somewhat gloomy.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
One hundred public libraries closed over the past year and the trend has been gloomy for years.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This gloomy forecast will bring zero comfort to the thousands of flood victims braced for yet more rain.
The Sun (2014)
Given how gloomy people are about the eurozone, it might not take much.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Why is America gloomy when the news is good?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
WHEN the economy is gloomy there can be temptation to cut corners and play it safe.
The Sun (2008)
 People are also gloomy about the general economic situation, while confidence in the economy growing was little better.
The Sun (2008)
Our view is much gloomier.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)

In other languages
gloomy

British English: gloomy /ˈɡluːmɪ/ ADJECTIVE
If a place is gloomy, it is almost dark so that you cannot see very well.
Inside it's gloomy after all that sunshine.
  • American English: gloomy
  • Arabic: كَئِيب
  • Brazilian Portuguese: sombrio
  • Chinese: 令人沮丧的
  • Croatian: tmuran
  • Czech: šerý
  • Danish: skummel
  • Dutch: mistroostig
  • European Spanish: lúgubre
  • Finnish: synkkä
  • French: sombre
  • German: bedrückt
  • Greek: σκοτεινιασμένος
  • Italian: tenebroso
  • Japanese: 憂鬱な
  • Korean: 우울한
  • Norwegian: dunkel
  • Polish: ponury
  • European Portuguese: melancólico
  • Romanian: mohorât
  • Russian: темный
  • Latin American Spanish: lúgubre
  • Swedish: dunkel
  • Thai: มืดมัว
  • Turkish: kasvetli
  • Ukrainian: похмурий
  • Vietnamese: u ám

Chinese translation of 'gloomy'

gloomy

(ˈɡluːmɪ)

adj

  1. (= dark) [place, weather] 黑暗的 (hēi'àn de)
  2. (= sad) [person, situation, news] 忧(憂)郁(鬱)的 (yōuyù de)
1 (adjective) 
Definition
dark or dismal
Inside it's gloomy after all that sunshine.
Synonyms
dark
It was a dark and stormy night.
dull
It's always dull and raining.
dim
The room was dim and cool and quiet.
dismal
black
He had thick black hair.
grey
It was a grey, wet April Sunday.
obscure
The hills were just an obscure shape in the mist.
murky
Their plane crashed in murky weather.
dreary
sombre
a worried official in sombre black
shadowy
I watched him from a shadowy corner.
overcast
It was a cold, wintry, overcast afternoon.
dusky
He was walking down the road one dusky evening.
crepuscular
Stygian (literary)
tenebrous
Opposites
light
,
brilliant
,
sunny
,
radiant
2 (adjective) 
Definition
despairing or sad
He is gloomy about the fate of the economy.
Synonyms
miserable
She went to bed, miserable and depressed.
down
The old man sounded really down.
sad
The loss left me feeling sad and empty.
dismal
low
`I didn't ask for this job, you know,' he tells friends when he is low.
blue
There's no earthly reason for me to feel so blue.
pessimistic
his excessively pessimistic view of life
melancholy
It was at this time of day that I felt most melancholy.
glum
What are you both looking so glum about?
dejected
Everyone has days when they feel dejected or down.
despondent
He often felt despondent after these meetings.
dispirited
I left feeling utterly dispirited.
downcast
a glum, downcast expression
joyless
His work load had become so enormous that life seemed joyless.
downhearted
Don't be so downhearted.
down in the dumps (informal)
cheerless
They were like a restless, cheerless throng of lost souls.
down in the mouth
in low spirits
chapfallen
moody
Don't go all moody on me!
sullen
The offenders lapsed into a sullen silence.
morose
She was morose, pale and reticent.
crestfallen
He looked crestfallen when he failed the exam.
saturnine
He is a saturnine man who speaks with precision and pedantic care.
Opposites
happy
,
bright
,
cheerful
,
jolly
,
merry
,
upbeat (informal)
,
high-spirited
,
chirpy (informal)
,
jovial
,
blithe
3 (adjective) 
Definition
causing depression or gloom
Officials say the outlook for next year is gloomy.
Synonyms
depressing
the depressing thought of his mother's death
bad
The closure of the project is bad news for her staff.
dismal
You can't occupy yourself with dismal thoughts all the time.
dreary
a dreary little town in the Midwest
black
After the demise of her business, she fell into a black depression.
saddening
sombre
The pair were in sombre mood.
dispiriting
It's very dispiriting to be out of a job.
disheartening
funereal
He addressed the group in funereal tones.
cheerless
The kitchen was a dank and cheerless room.
comfortless

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bad
Definition
unfavourable or distressing
The closure of the project is bad news for her staff.
Synonyms
unfavourable,
troubling,
distressing,
unfortunate,
grim,
discouraging,
unpleasant,
gloomy,
adverse
in the sense of black
Definition
having no hue, owing to the absorption of all or almost all light
He had thick black hair.
Synonyms
dark,
raven,
ebony,
sable,
jet,
dusky,
pitch-black,
inky,
swarthy,
stygian,
coal-black,
pitchy,
murky
in the sense of black
Definition
without hope
After the demise of her business, she fell into a black depression.
Synonyms
gloomy,
sad,
depressing,
distressing,
horrible,
grim,
bleak,
hopeless,
dismal,
ominous,
sombre,
morbid,
mournful,
morose,
lugubrious,
joyless,
funereal,
doleful,
cheerless

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