Antonyms for gloomy
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : gloo-mee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈglu mi |
Definition of gloomy
Origin :- 1580s, probably from gloom even though that word is not attested as early as this one is. Shakespeare used it of woods, Marlowe of persons. Gloomy Gus used in a general sense of "sullen person" since 1940s, from a comic strip character of that name first recorded 1904. Related: Gloomily; gloominess.
- adj dark, black
- adj feeling down, blue
- adj sad, depressing
- Horace Milbrey sits alone in his gloomy, high-ceilinged library.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- No one knows what that man suffers; it makes him gloomy all the time about everything.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Dark pictures and gloomy forebodings are worse than useless.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- He was silent, and almost as gloomy as Hiram Bartlett himself.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- If your wife was sensitive, you would kill her with your gloomy fits.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- Her brother's face, gloomy behind the iron screen, tickled her fancy.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- The scenery before the gorge of the river is reached is gloomy, but grand.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- My talk with Colonel Dayton had, in a way, contributed to this gloomy feeling.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- Gloomy is my soul; and all Nature around me partakes of my gloom!
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The affairs of the Mediterranean wore at this time a gloomy aspect.
- Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
Synonyms for gloomy
- acheronian
- acherontic
- bad
- black
- bleak
- blue funk
- broody
- caliginous
- chapfallen
- cheerless
- clouded
- cloudy
- cold
- comfortless
- crabbed
- crepuscular
- crestfallen
- dejected
- depressed
- depressive
- desolate
- despondent
- dim
- disconsolate
- discouraging
- disheartening
- dismal
- dispirited
- dispiriting
- dour
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- drab
- dragged
- dreary
- dull
- dusky
- forlorn
- funereal
- glum
- in low spirits
- in the dumps
- joyless
- lightless
- low
- lugubrious
- melancholy
- mirthless
- miserable
- moody
- moping
- mopish
- morose
- mournful
- murky
- obscure
- oppressed
- oppressive
- overcast
- overclouded
- pessimistic
- sad
- saddening
- saturnine
- sepulchral
- shadowy
- solemn
- somber
- sulky
- sullen
- surly
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- ugly
- unhappy
- unilluminated
- unlit
- weary
- wintry
- woebegone
- woeful
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