gloomy (redirected from gloomiest)

gloom·y  (glm)

adj. gloom·i·er, gloom·i·est

1. Partially or totally dark, especially dismal and dreary: a damp, gloomy day.

2. Showing or filled with gloom: gloomy faces.

3.

a. Causing or producing gloom; depressing: gloomy news.

b. Marked by hopelessness; very pessimistic: gloomy predictions.

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gloomi·ly adv.

gloomi·ness n.

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gloomy [ˈgluːmɪ]

adj gloomier, gloomiest

1. dark or dismal

2. causing depression, dejection, or gloom gloomy news

3. despairing; sad

gloomily  adv

gloominess  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	gloomy - depressingly dark; "the gloomy forest"; "the glooming interior of an old inn"; "`gloomful' is archaic" gloomful, glooming, sulky dark - devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat"
	2.	gloomy - filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" down in the mouth, downhearted, low-spirited, downcast, dispirited, blue, depressed, grim, down, low dejected - affected or marked by low spirits; "is dejected but trying to look cheerful"
	3.	gloomy - causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" dismal, drear, dreary, disconsolate, dingy, drab, sorry, grim, blue, dark cheerless, depressing, uncheerful - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"

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gloomy

adjective

1. dark, dull, dim, dismal, black, grey, obscure, murky, dreary, sombre, shadowy, overcast, dusky, crepuscular, Stygian, tenebrous Inside it's gloomy after all that sunshine.
dark light, brilliant, sunny, radiant

2. miserable, down, sad, dismal, low, blue, pessimistic, melancholy, glum, dejected, despondent, dispirited, downcast, joyless, downhearted, down in the dumps (informal), cheerless, down in the mouth, in low spirits He is gloomy about the fate of the economy.
miserable happy, bright, cheerful, jolly, merry, upbeat (informal), high-spirited, chirpy (informal), jovial, blithe

3. depressing, bad, dismal, dreary, black, saddening, sombre, dispiriting, disheartening, funereal, cheerless, comfortless Officials say the outlook for next year is gloomy.

Translations

gloomy [ˈgluːmɪ] ADJ (gloomier (compar) (gloomiest (superl)))

1. (= dark) [place] → sombrío, lúgubre; [day, weather] → triste, sombrío

2. (= sad) [atmosphere] → triste, lúgubre
he's a bit of a gloomy character → es un tipo un poco sombrío
to feel gloomy (= sad) → estar bajo de moral, sentirse deprimido

3. (= pessimistic) [person] → pesimista; [forecast, assessment] → pesimista, nada prometedor
to be gloomy about sth → ser pesimista acerca de algo
no wonder shopkeepers are feeling gloomy → no es de extrañar que los comerciantes se sientan pesimistas
things are looking gloomy for the England team → la cosa no se presenta muy halagüeña para el equipo inglés
the outlook for next year is gloomy → las perspectivas para el próximo año no son nada prometedoras
he paints a very gloomy picture → pinta la cosa muy negra
he takes a gloomy view of everything → tiene una visión muy negativa de todo

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gloomy [ˈgluːmi] adj

[person] → sombre
to feel gloomy → se sentir morose
She's been feeling very gloomy recently → Elle se sent très morose ces derniers temps.

[place] → lugubre
He lives in a small gloomy flat → Il habite un petit appartement lugubre.

[news] → déprimant(e)

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gloomy

adj (+er)

(= dark) place, sky → düster; day, weather, light → trüb

(= dismal, despondent) person, mood → niedergeschlagen, bedrückt; voice → traurig; (= pessimistic) → pessimistisch (→ about über +acc); thought, expression → düster; (= dispiriting) picture, forecast, future → düster, bedrückend; news → bedrückend; outlook, prospects → trübe; assessment, view → pessimistisch; there is a gloomy future ahead → die Zukunft sieht düster aus; to feel/look gloomy → niedergeschlagen or bedrückt sein/aussehen; to take a gloomy view of things → schwarzsehen; just thinking about the situation makes me feel gloomy → es bedrückt mich, wenn ich nur über die Lage nachdenke; he is very gloomy about his chances of success → er beurteilt seine Erfolgschancen sehr pessimistisch

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gloomy [ˈgluːmɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (place, character) → cupo/a, tetro/a; (person) → triste; (atmosphere, weather, day) → deprimente; (sky) → fosco/a; (outlook) → nero/a
to feel gloomy → sentirsi giù or depresso/a
to take a gloomy view of things → vedere tutto nero
to feel gloomy about sth → essere pessimista su qc

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gloomy [ˈgluːmɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (place, character) → cupo/a, tetro/a; (person) → triste; (atmosphere, weather, day) → deprimente; (sky) → fosco/a; (outlook) → nero/a
to feel gloomy → sentirsi giù or depresso/a
to take a gloomy view of things → vedere tutto nero
to feel gloomy about sth → essere pessimista su qc

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