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单词 gloomy
释义 gloomy
\ˈglümē, -mi\ adjective
(usually -er/-est)
Etymology: gloom (I) + -y
1.
 a. : full of gloom : partially or totally dark
  < the gloomy night >
  : shadowy
  < the gloomy center of the forest >
  : dimly or murkily glimmering
  < the gloomy depths of the lake >
 especially : dismally and depressingly dark
  < gloomy weather >
  < oppressed by the squalor of the gloomy tenements >
 b. : having an appearance of gloom : having a frowning or scowling appearance
  < gloomy sullen savages >
  : forbidding, black-browed
  < tried to avoid the gloomy stare of his wife >
 c. : low in spirits : melancholy, downcast, dejected
  < gloomy at the thought of what they had to face >
2. : causing gloom : depressing
 < a sordid gloomy story >
: devoid of brightness, color, and joy : somber, dreary
 < a gloomy landscape >
: disheartening, cheerless
 < a gloomy report on the spread of crime >
: marked by little or no hopefulness : despondent, pessimistic
 < contrary predictions are being made, some gloomy, some optimistic — J.T.Farrell >
Synonyms: see dark, sullen
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