Gloomy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

depressingly dark

filled with melancholy and despondency

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɡjˈuːɾiəm/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡlˈuːmi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡlˈuːmi/

2 syllables Say it as /ɡjˈuːɾiəm/.

Examples

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

downcast dark dreary sorry down blue drab dispirited sulky downhearted drear down in the mouth low dingy dismal depressed gloomful low-spirited glooming disconsolate grim

Parts of Speech

adjective	depressingly dark “the gloomy forest”
adjective	filled with melancholy and despondency “gloomy at the thought of what he had to face”
adjective	causing dejection “a blue day”

Word Forms

gloom	noun	a state of partial or total darkness
gloominess	noun	the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
dispiritedness	noun	a feeling of low spirits
downheartedness	noun	a feeling of low spirits
lowness	noun	a feeling of low spirits
low-spiritedness	noun	a feeling of low spirits
dreariness	noun	extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

düster

deprimierend dunkel

🇫🇷French

sombre

sombre et déprimant

🇪🇸Spanish

sombrío

deprimentemente oscuro

🇮🇹Italian

cupola

deprimentemente buio

🇳🇱Dutch

teneergeslagen

deprimerend donker

🇵🇹Portuguese

sombrio

deprimentemente escuro

🇷🇺Russian

хмурый

удручающе темно

India

🇮🇳Hindi

उदास

निराशाजनक रूप से अंधेरा

🇧🇩Bengali

বিষণ্ণ

হতাশাজনকভাবে অন্ধকার

🇮🇳Tamil

இருண்ட

மனச்சோர்வு இருண்ட

🇮🇳Telugu

దిగులుగా

నిరుత్సాహంగా చీకటి

🇮🇳Marathi

खिन्न

निराशाजनक अंधार

🇮🇳Gujarati

અંધકારમય

હતાશાજનક અંધારું

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕತ್ತಲೆಯಾದ

ನಿರುತ್ಸಾಹಕರವಾಗಿ ಕತ್ತಲು

🇮🇳Malayalam

മ്ലാനമായ

നിരാശാജനകമായ ഇരുട്ട്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਉਦਾਸ

ਨਿਰਾਸ਼ਾਜਨਕ ਹਨੇਰਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

اداس

اداس سیاہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

阴沉

令人沮丧的黑暗

🇯🇵Japanese

暗い

憂鬱なほど暗い

🇰🇷Korean

음울한

우울할 정도로 어두움

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ảm đạm

tối tăm buồn bã

🇹🇭Thai

มืดมน

มืดมนจนน่าหดหู่

🇮🇩Indonesian

muram

sangat gelap

🇵🇭Filipino

madilim

nakapanlulumong madilim

🇲🇾Malay

suram

gelap yang menyedihkan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كئيب

مظلمة بشكل محبط

🇮🇷Persian

غمگین

به طرز افسرده کننده ای تاریک

🇹🇷Turkish

kasvetli

iç karartıcı derecede karanlık

🇮🇱Hebrew

קוֹדֵר

כהה בצורה מדכאת

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What is the primary definition of the word 'gloomy'?

The primary meaning of 'gloomy' is 'depressingly dark'.

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Using 'gloomy' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'gloomy' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'gloomy' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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