What does Gloomy mean?

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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. Jean Asselborn:

    The outlook is gloomy ... We have no policy any more. We are heading into anarchy, our credibility is in doubt, and that is very bad for Schengen and the European Union.

  2. Erik Pevernagie:

    How many people are ready to die for beauty, prepared to go through an infernal desert of starvation. Absence of beauty means ultimate loneliness. Absence of beauty means guilt and exile into a no-man’s land. Life is an outcast’s journey through a gloomy valley, when beauty has forsaken. ("Absence of beauty was like hell").

  3. Takeshi Minami:

    Big manufacturers appear a bit cautious about the outlook, probably due to uncertainty over China. But it's not as if they are all gloomy since U.S. demand remains strong, capital expenditure plans remain fairly strong, so I don't think we need to be too pessimistic about the economy.

  4. Stephen Hearst:

    My logic back then was very simple, this was an opportunity to clarify the record, to draw the distinction between the fictional character of Charlie Kane and his gloomy Xanadu and WR Hearst and his beautiful architectural masterpiece at the top of the hill at San Simeon.

  5. Staff Mark Meadows:

    Democratic leaders are eager for an expansive agreement, as are PresidentTrump and top Republicans like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. But perhaps one half of Senate Republicans, mostly conservatives and those not facing difficult races this fall, are likely to oppose any deal. Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson weighs in on the potential ‘ phase 4 ’ coronavirus relief bill on ‘ Sunday Morning Futures. ’ Prior talks had yielded little progress and Saturdays cautious optimism was a break from gloomy private assessments among GOP negotiators. The administration is willing to extend the newly expired $ 600 jobless benefit, at least in the short term, but is balking at other Democratic demands like aid for state and local governments, food stamp increases, and assistance to renters and homeowners. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said restoring the $ 600 supplemental jobless benefit is critically important to Trump. Were still a long ways apart and I dont want to suggest that a deal is imminent because it is not.

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