All gloomy synonyms
gloomΒ·y
G g adj gloomy
- funereal β of or suitable for a funeral.
- dim β DIM statement
- murky β dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
- overcast β overspread or covered with clouds; cloudy: an overcast day.
- somber β gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
- dreary β causing sadness or gloom.
- cloudy β If it is cloudy, there are a lot of clouds in the sky.
- dismal β causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather.
- forlorn β desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
- dull β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- bleak β If a situation is bleak, it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve.
- pessimistic β pertaining to or characterized by pessimism or the tendency to expect only bad outcomes; gloomy; joyless; unhopeful: His pessimistic outlook kept him from applying for jobs for which he was perfectly qualified.
- dour β sullen; gloomy: The captain's dour look depressed us all.
- sullen β showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
- solemn β grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood: solemn remarks.
- melancholy β sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
- sad β Systems Analysis Definition
- ugly β very unattractive or unpleasant to look at; offensive to the sense of beauty; displeasing in appearance.
- glum β sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected.
- depressed β If you are depressed, you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant.
- miserable β wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- discouraging β to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- disheartening β to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- cheerless β Cheerless places or weather are dull and depressing.
- desolate β A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
- dusky β somewhat dark; having little light; dim; shadowy.
- obscure β (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- sepulchral β of, relating to, or serving as a tomb.
- shadowy β resembling a shadow in faintness, slightness, etc.: shadowy outlines.
- tenebrous β dark; gloomy; obscure.
- wintry β of or characteristic of winter: wintry blasts; wintry skies.
- caliginous β dark; dim
- clouded β of or relating to cloud computing: cloud software; cloud servers.
- crepuscular β Crepuscular means relating to twilight.
- lightless β without light or lights; receiving no light; dark.
- illuminate β to make lucid or clear; throw light on (a subject).
- unlit β not illuminated
- blue funk β a state of great terror or loss of nerve
adjective gloomy
- dark β When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
- depressing β Something that is depressing makes you feel sad and disappointed.
- acherontic β Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund.
- low-spirited β depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
- blue β Something that is blue is the colour of the sky on a sunny day.
noun gloomy
- defeatist β A defeatist is someone who thinks or talks in a way that suggests that they expect to be unsuccessful.
- worrywart β a person who tends to worry habitually and often needlessly; pessimist; fussbudget.
- pessimist β a person who habitually sees or anticipates the worst or is disposed to be gloomy.
- depreciator β One who depreciates.
- worrier β to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- naysayer β a person who habitually expresses negative or pessimistic views: Despite a general feeling that things were going well, a few naysayers tried to cast gloom.
- crepehanger β a person who sees the gloomy side of things; pessimist.