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Definition of Gloomy
1. Adjective. Depressingly dark. "`gloomful' is archaic"
2. Adjective. Filled with melancholy and despondency. "Feeling discouraged and downhearted"
Similar to: Dejected
Derivative terms: Dispiritedness, Downheartedness, Gloominess, Gloominess, Lowness, Low-spiritedness
3. Adjective. Causing dejection. "Grim rainy weather"
Similar to: Cheerless, Depressing, Uncheerful
Derivative terms: Dreariness
Definition of Gloomy
1. a. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy.
Definition of Gloomy
1. Adjective. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded. ¹
2. Adjective. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gloomy
1. dismally dark [adj GLOOMIER, GLOOMIEST] : GLOOMILY [adv]
Medical Definition of Gloomy
1. 1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest shade." 2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance. Synonym: Dark, dim, dusky, dismal, cloudy, moody, sullen, morose, melancholy, sad, downcast, depressed, dejected, disheartened. Origin: Gloomier; Gloomiest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gloomy
Literary usage of Gloomy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"I. Spec, obscure, tenebrous (literary), gloomy, rayless, dingy, dim, ...
See gloomy, DEPRESSING, WICKED, IGNORANT, HIDDEN, SECRET, RETICENT, ..."
2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"... reckon as naething the height o' its splendour, If wanting sweet Jessie, the
flower o' Dunblane. 363 gloomy WINTER'S Now AWA* gloomy winter's now awa', ..."
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