Definition of gloomy

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Gloomy (superl.) Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy..

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Erebus :: Erebus (n.) A place of nether darkness, being the gloomy space through which the souls passed to Hades. See Milton's Paradise Lost, Book II., line 883..
Gloom :: Gloom (v. t.) To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
Tenebricose :: Tenebricose (a.) Tenebrous; dark; gloomy.
Dusky :: Dusky (a.) Gloomy; sad; melancholy.
Darkly :: Darkly (adv.) With a dark, gloomy, cruel, or menacing look..
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim..
Sombre :: Sombre (a.) Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house..
Adust :: Adust (a.) Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy.
Moody :: Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy..
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house..
Waste :: Waste (a.) Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless..
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky..
Brighten :: Brighten (v. i.) To grow bright, or more bright; to become less dark or gloomy; to clear up; to become bright or cheerful..
Sullen :: Sullen (a.) Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.
Swart :: Swart (a.) Gloomy; malignant.
Solitary :: Solitary (a.) Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert..
Sorry :: Sorry (a.) Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful.
Gloom :: Gloom (v. i.) To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight..
Darkling :: Darkling (p. pr. & a.) Dark; gloomy.
Look :: Look (n.) Hence; Appearance; aspect; as, the house has a gloomy look; the affair has a bad look..
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