GLOOMY

gloomy. Gloomy, a. dark, cloudy, dismal, sullen, dejected

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Gloom″y (?), a. [Compar. Gloomier (?); superl. Gloomiest.] 1. 1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. “Though hid in gloomiest shade.” Milton.
2. 2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance.
Syn. — Dark; dim; dusky; dismal; cloudy; moody; sullen; morose; melancholy; sad; downcast; depressed; dejected; disheartened.