gloomy Antonyms
Strongest:
- friendly
- jolly
- gay
- joyous
- cheerful
- cordial
- comforting
- buoyant
- friendly
- sunshiny
- optimistic
- jolly
- cordial
- merry
- comforting
- cheery
- bright
- cheerful
- bright
- joyous
- joyful
- festive
- sunshiny
- buoyant
- optimistic
- merry
- joyful
- cheery
- festive
- gay
Strong:
- hopeful
- gay
- encouraging
- hopeful
- blithe
- jocund
- heartwarming
- cheering
- blithesome
- mirthful
- heartwarming
- cheering
- jocund
- mirthful
- encouraging
- blithe
- gay
- blithesome
Weak:
Strongest:
- solemn
- lonely
- cold
- depressing
- murky
- somber
- gray
- grey
- dark
- bleak
- morbid
- depressive
- darkening
- desolate
Strong:
- sepulchral
- miserable
- morose
- dreich
- unhappy
- sullen
- dire
- depressed
- dreary
- wretched
- disconsolate
- chill
- saturnine
- funereal
- tenebrous
- dismal
- cloudy
- black
- lonesome
- comfortless
- forlorn
- glum
- cheerless
- sombre
- melancholy
- drear
- oppressive
- sad
- lugubrious
- elegiac
- blue
Weak:
- menacing
- dull
- down
- woebegone
- low
- dispiriting
- sunless
- dim
- mirthless
- inconsolable
- cimmerian
- distressful
- desperate
- upsetting
- plaintive
- sorrowful
- pessimistic
- godforsaken
- grim
- disheartening
- negative
- threatening
- mournful
- despondent
- distressing
- dour
- lamentable
- dismaying
- tenebrific
- hopeless
- droopy
- plutonian
- drab
- dejected
- hangdog
- discomfiting
- elegiacal
- colorless
- melancholic
- woeful
- discouraging
Meaning of gloomy
gloomy (s)
depressingly dark
filled with melancholy and despondency
causing dejection
gloomy (superl.)
Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy.
Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance.
gloomy Sentence Examples
- The gloomy sky forecasted an afternoon of rain.
- His gloomy mood permeated the entire room.
- The dreary house stood empty and gloomy for years.
- I felt gloomy and disheartened after the news of his passing.
- The gloomy forest had an ominous atmosphere that chilled me to the bone.
- The gloomy weather made it difficult to enjoy the day's activities.
- I tried to cheer him up, but he remained gloomy and aloof.
- The gloomy city streets were deserted after dark.
- The gloomy novel filled me with a sense of unease.
- The gloomy winter days seemed endless.
FAQs About the word gloomy
depressingly dark, filled with melancholy and despondency, causing dejectionImperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded;
solemn, lonely, cold, depressing, murky, somber, gray, grey, dark,bleak
friendly, jolly, gay, joyous, cheerful, cordial, comforting, buoyant, friendly, sunshiny
The gloomy sky forecasted an afternoon of rain.
His gloomy mood permeated the entire room.
The dreary house stood empty and gloomy for years.
I felt gloomy and disheartened after the news of his passing.
