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Webster 1913 Edition

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Gloomiest

Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded;

as, the cavern was

gloomy

“Though hid in gloomiest shade.”

Milton.

Syn. – Dark; dim; dusky; dismal; cloudy; moody; sullen; morose; melancholy; sad; downcast; depressed; dejected; disheartened.

Adj.

[from gloom.] Obscure; imperfectly illuminated; or dark; dismal; as the gloomy cells of a convent; the gloomy shades of night.

Wearing the aspect of sorrow; melancholy; clouded; dejected; depressed; heavy of heart; as a gloomy countenance or state of mind; a gloomy temper.

Of a dark complexion. [Little used.]