Gloomy

Gloom′y

,

Adj.

[

Com

par.

Gloomier

;

sup

erl.

Gloomiest

.]

1.

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.

Gloomy

GLOOM'Y

,

Adj.

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

1.

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

2.

Of a dark complexion. [Little used.]

gloomy

English

Adjective

gloomy ‎(comparative gloomier, superlative gloomiest)

Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded.
The cavern was gloomy.
Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected.
a gloomy temper or countenance

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:cheerless

Translations

imperfectly illuminated

Armenian: աղոտ (hy) ‎(ałot), մթին (hy) ‎(mtʿin)
Bulgarian: тъмен (bg) ‎(tǎmen), мрачен (bg) ‎(mračen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 陰沉 (zh), 阴沉 (zh) ‎(yīnchén)
Czech: pochmurný m, temný m
Dutch: duister (nl), donker (nl)
Finnish: hämyinen (fi), hämärä (fi), synkkä (fi), pimeä (fi)
French: lugubre (fr) m, f, sombre (fr) m, f, terne (fr) m, f
German: düster (de), finster (de), trübe (de), dunkel (de), trüb (de)
Hebrew: אפל (he) ‎(afél)
Hungarian: sötét (hu), homályos (hu)

Irish: doilbhir
Italian: tetro (it), uggioso (it) m
Japanese: 薄暗い ‎(うすぐらい, usugurai)
Maori: taupuru
Polish: mroczny (pl) m
Portuguese: escuro (pt), obscuro (pt), trevas (pt)
Russian: мра́чный (ru) ‎(mráčnyj)
Scots: drumlie, mirk
Scottish Gaelic: ciar, doilleir
Serbo-Croatian: mráčan (sh), támān (sh)
Slovak: ponurý m, pošmúrny m, pochmúrny m
Spanish: lóbrego (es)
Turkish: kasvetli (tr)

affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy

Armenian: մռայլ (hy) ‎(mṙayl)
Bulgarian: унил (bg) ‎(unil), меланхоличен (bg) ‎(melanholičen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 陰沉 (zh), 阴沉 (zh) ‎(yīnchén)
Czech: pochmurný m, sklíčený m
Dutch: benauwd (nl), melancholisch (nl)
Finnish: synkeä, synkkä (fi), kolkko (fi), ankea (fi), iloton (fi), surumielinen
French: lugubre (fr) m, f, maussade (fr) m, f, mélancolique (fr) m, f, morne (fr) m, f, sombre (fr) m, f, terne (fr) m, f
Georgian: დაღვრემილი ‎(daɣvremili), მოღუშული ‎(moɣušuli), პირქუში ‎(ṗirkuši), გაუხარებელი ‎(gauxarebeli), დამძიმებული ‎(damʒimebuli), სულდამძიმებული ‎(suldamʒimebuli), წარბებშეჭმუხვნილი ‎(c̣arbebšeč̣muxvnili), შუბლშეკრული ‎(šublšeḳruli)
German: düster (de), dunkel (de), melancholisch (de), betrübt (de), niedergeschlagen (de), deprimiert (de), traurig (de), schwermütig, freudlos (de)
Hebrew: קודר m ‎(kodér)
Hungarian: mélabús (hu), melankolikus (hu)
Irish: duairc, gruama

Italian: cupo (it), lugubre (it)
Japanese: 陰気な (ja) ‎(いんきな, inki-na)
Lithuanian: niūrus
Portuguese: triste (pt), melancólico (pt), pessimista
Russian: мра́чный (ru) ‎(mráčnyj), угрю́мый (ru) ‎(ugrjúmyj), хму́рый (ru) ‎(xmúryj), печа́льный (ru) ‎(pečálʹnyj), безотра́дный (ru) ‎(bezotrádnyj), безра́достный (ru) ‎(bezrádostnyj)
Scots: dreich
Scottish Gaelic: gruamach, dubhach
Serbo-Croatian: mráčan (sh), támān (sh)
Slovak: zasmušilý m, skľúčený m, pochmúrny m
Slovene: otožen
Spanish: oscuro (es)
Swedish: dyster (sv)
Ukrainian: похмурий m ‎(poxmuryj), сумний m ‎(sumnyj)

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