gloomy
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Consumers also have never felt this gloomy about the U.S. economy before.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
Stocks are partying like it’s 1999, but Americans haven’t been this gloomy in 70 years.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
But if the average in this gloomy scenario is just bad, it means that investors need to understand where things will, in fact, be truly terrible.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
So you won't be remotely surprised when I tell you that it has left Labour folk from the cabinet down gloomy, run down and irritated.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
The refectory was a great, low-ceiled, gloomy room; on two long tables smoked basins of something hot, which, however, to my dismay, sent forth an odour far from inviting.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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