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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
Job seekers are staring down a gloomy holiday season.
“A gloomy economy would hurt corporate profits … but would boost demand for gold as a hedge against uncertainty or renewed stimulus and inflation risk,” he said.
Vinny, who had just coauthored a gloomy report called “A Home without Equity Is Just a Rental with Debt,” came right away.
Confined indoors with little Christopher, Milne sat in a potting shed, feeling "gloomy" as the rain poured down, according to Brandreth.
Investors will be watching to see if consumers continue to spend during the holidays, despite feeling gloomy.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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