What does Gloomy mean?

Definitions for Gloomy
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. glooming, gloomy, gloomful, sulkyadjective

    depressingly dark

    "the gloomy forest"; "the glooming interior of an old inn"; "`gloomful' is archaic"

  2. gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spiritedadjective

    filled with melancholy and despondency

    "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"

  3. blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, drearyadjective

    causing dejection

    "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"

Wiktionary

  1. gloomyadjective

    Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded.

    The cavern was gloomy.

  2. gloomyadjective

    Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected.

    a gloomy temper or countenance

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Gloomyadjective

    Etymology: from gloom.

    These were from without
    The growing miseries, which Adam saw
    Already in part, though hid in gloomiest shade,
    To sorrow abandon’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x.

    Deep in a cavern dwells the drowsy god,
    Whose gloomy mansion nor the rising sun,
    Nor setting visits, nor the lightsome noon. John Dryden, Fables.

    The surface of the earth is clearer or gloomier, just as the sun is bright or more overcast. Alexander Pope, Letters.

    That fair field
    Of Enna, where Proserpine gathering flow’rs,
    Herself a fairer flow’r, by gloomy Dis
    Was gather’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. iv.

ChatGPT

  1. gloomy

    Gloomy is an adjective describing something as dark, dim, poorly lit, or characterized by sadness, melancholy, depression or pessimism. It could also refer to anything inspiring or reflecting a feeling of despair or lack of hope. It can be used to describe weather, a place, a person's mood or outlook, or a situation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Gloomy

    imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy

  2. Gloomy

    affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Gloomy in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Gloomy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Gloomy in a Sentence

  1. Michel de Montaigne:

    When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.

  2. Craig Erlam:

    Strong gains in oil provides a timely boost to what has been a rather gloomy week, but I'm not convinced at this stage that this is anything more than a dead cat bounce.

  3. Atif Latif:

    Credit risk concerns, lack of credible asset quality, balance sheet issues and a lack of reserves... all this makes for gloomy reading for those with EU bank exposure.

  4. Jeffrey Landsberg:

    When they do, they will realize how gloomy prospects are for the longer-term dry bulk shipping market.

  5. Francis of Assisi:

    It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.

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