gloomy

/'glu:mi/

Thân thiện

A gloomy sky hangs over the quiet park.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Causing or characterized by sadness, depression, or a lack of hope: Describes a feeling, atmosphere, or prediction that is pessimistic, melancholy, or disheartening.
   • Dark, dim, or poorly lit: Describes a place or physical environment that is shadowy, dark, and often depressing.

Examples of Usage

• Describing a feeling or atmosphere:
  • She felt gloomy about her future prospects.
  • The news cast a gloomy shadow over the celebration.
  • He was in a gloomy mood all day.
• Describing a dark or dim place:
  • The corridor was long and gloomy.
  • We took shelter in a gloomy, abandoned cottage.

Advanced Usage

• "to be gloomy about (something)": to feel pessimistic or hopeless about a particular situation.
  • Investors are gloomy about the economic outlook.
• "gloomy silence": a silence that feels heavy, sad, or tense.
  • A gloomy silence fell over the room after the announcement.

Variants and Related Words

• Gloomily (adverb): in a sad, dark, or pessimistic manner.
  • He stared gloomily out the window.
• Gloom (noun): partial or total darkness; a state of depression or despondency.
  • The gloom of the forest was unsettling.
  • He was sinking into a deep gloom.
• Glooming (adjective, literary): darkening, becoming dark or gloomy.
  • ...the glooming interior of an old inn.
• Gloomful (adjective, archaic): full of gloom; melancholy.

Synonyms

• Depressing: Causing sadness or dejection.
• Dismal: Causing a mood of gloom or depression.
• Bleak: Lacking in warmth, life, or kindliness; grim.
• Melancholy: A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.
• Somber: Dark or dull in color or tone; gloomy.

Antonyms

• Cheerful: Noticeably happy and optimistic.
• Bright: Giving out or reflecting a lot of light; sunny.
• Optimistic: Hopeful and confident about the future.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Gloom and doom: A phrase describing a very pessimistic outlook or prediction.
  • The report wasn't all gloom and doom; there were some positive signs.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. causing dejection
   • a blue day
   • the dark days of the war
   • a week of rainy depressing weather
   • a disconsolate winter landscape
   • the first dismal dispiriting days of November
   • a dark gloomy day
   • grim rainy weather
2. filled with melancholy and despondency
   • gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
   • gloomy predictions
   • a gloomy silence
   • took a grim view of the economy
   • the darkening mood
   • lonely and blue in a strange city
   • depressed by the loss of his job
   • a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
   • downcast after his defeat
   • feeling discouraged and downhearted
3. depressingly dark
   • the gloomy forest
   • the glooming interior of an old inn
   • `gloomful' is archaic

Từ đồng nghĩa

• glooming
• gloomful
• sulky