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gloomy
adjective(gloom-y)
depressingly dark
Synonyms: gloomful, glooming, sulky,
Examples:
The gloomy forest.
gloomy
adjective(gloom-y)
causing dejection
Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, grim, sorry,
Examples:
A dark gloomy day.
gloomy
adjective(gloom-y)
filled with melancholy and despondency
Synonyms: blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, grim, low, low-spirited,
Examples:
Gloomy at the thought of what he had to face.
Gloomy predictions.
A gloomy silence.

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