gloomy

Words with a similar base: gloomy

'gloomy'

[glooming.s.01] as in: depressingly dark

Examples:
the gloomy forest
the glooming interior of an old inn
`gloomful' is archaic

'gloomy'

[gloomy.s.02] as in: filled with melancholy and despondency

Examples:
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

'gloomy'

[blue.s.08] as in: causing dejection

Examples:
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

Origins

					gloomy (English)
├── -y (English)
│   └── -y (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── gloom (English)

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