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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gloomy |
| Synonyms: | black, bleak, blue funk, blue*, broody, chapfallen, cheerless, crabbed, crestfallen, dark, dejected, depressed, desolate, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, dour, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, dreary, forlorn, glum, in low spirits, in the dumps, joyless, low, melancholy, mirthless, miserable, moody, moping, mopish, morose, mournful, oppressed, pessimistic, sad, saturnine, solemn, somber, sulky, sullen, surly, ugly*, unhappy, weary, woebegone, woeful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gloomy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sad, depressing |
| Synonyms: | acheronian, acherontic, bad, black, bleak, cheerless, cold, comfortless, depressive, desolate, disconsolate, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dispiriting, drab, dreary, dull, dusky, funereal, joyless, lugubrious, morose, oppressive, saddening, somber, tenebrific |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, encouraging, exhilarating, happy, uplifting |
| Main Entry: | sullen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brooding, upset |
| Synonyms: | bad-tempered, cheerless, churlish, crabbed, crabby, cross, cynical, dismal, dour, dull, fretful, frowning, gloomy, glowering, glum, gruff, grumpy*, heavy, hostile, ill-humored, inert, irritable, malevolent, malicious, malign, mean, moody, morose, obstinate, ornery*, out of sorts, peevish, perverse, pessimistic, petulant, pouting, pouty, querulous, saturnine, silent, somber, sour, sourpussed, stubborn, sulking, sulky, surly, tenebrific, tenebrous, ugly, unsociable, uptight* |
| Antonyms: | bright, cheerful, grinning, happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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