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gloomy
adjective as in dark, black
adjective as in feeling down, blue
Strongest matches
depressed, dismal, dour, forlorn, glum, melancholy, miserable, pessimistic, sad, solemn, sullen, ugly
Weak matches
blue funk, broody, chapfallen, cheerless, crabbed, crestfallen, dejected, desolate, despondent, disconsolate, dispirited, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, in low spirits, in the dumps, joyless, low, mirthless, moody, moping, mopish, morose, mournful, oppressed, saturnine, sulky, surly, unhappy, weary, woebegone, woeful
adjective as in sad, depressing
Strongest matches
bleak, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dreary, dull, funereal, somber
Weak matches
acheronian, acherontic, bad, black, cheerless, cold, comfortless, depressive, desolate, disconsolate, dispiriting, drab, dusky, joyless, lugubrious, morose, oppressive, saddening, tenebrific
Example Sentences
Here again the media collaborated, consistently painted a gloomy picture for Biden.
But Weinberg’s 1985 barely known gloomy opera is also a profound demonstration of how and why misplaced power can destroy society.
“He offered a message of xenophobia and misogyny and racism, of cruelty and darkness and hate. His lies were incredible, and it is terrible to see that Americans have not seen through him. This is very gloomy for those who believe in science, the rule of law, and in right and wrong. It undermines confidence in any leadership from the U.S. on international affairs.”
We’ve learned that Gen Z men are feeling gloomy about the future.
"I think that we've been very gloomy. We're not the gloomy party. We are actually quite an optimistic and fun party and I want to bring that out."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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