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gloominess

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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.

gloomi·ly adv.
gloomi·ness n.
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Noun1.gloominess - an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office"
ambiance, ambience, atmosphere - a particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement"
cloud - a cause of worry or gloom or trouble; "the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French"
bareness, bleakness, desolation, nakedness - a bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape"
2.gloominess - a feeling of melancholy apprehension
apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread - fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"
melancholy - a feeling of thoughtful sadness
3.gloominess - the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
uncheerfulness - not conducive to cheer or good spirits
Translations
gloominess
n
(= darkness, of place, sky) → Düsterkeit f; (of day, weather, light)Trübheit f
(= despondency: of person) → Niedergeschlagenheit f, → Bedrücktheit f; (= melancholy)Trübsinn m; (= pessimism)Pessimismus m; (of thoughts, expression)Düsterkeit f; (of forecast, future, news)bedrückende Art; (of outlook)Trübheit f; (of assessment, view)pessimistische Art


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Hence perhaps she had contracted a little gloominess of temper, for she was rather a good servant than a good wife; nor had she always the gratitude to return the extraordinary degree of roaring mirth, with which the squire received her, even with a good-humoured smile.
And by the same token, how was I to guess that her brother Pat's offishness with me was anything else than temperamental gloominess of spirit?
In spite of the gloominess of nature around him, he felt peculiarly eager.
 
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