gloomy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   depressingly dark

   the gloomy forest

2. 2
   adj

   filled with melancholy and despondency

   I was gloomy at the thought of what we have to face.

3. 3
   adj

   Not very illuminated; dim because of darkness, especially when appearing depressing or frightening.

   The cavern was gloomy.

4. 4
   adj

   Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.

   a gloomy temper or countenance

5. 5
   noun

   Someone or something that is gloomy or pessimistic.

   A word, finally, on how to go about this publicity business. If it should prove difficult to announce casts in the dailies, or at least in the weekly gloomies, it could surely be arranged that information be available, as soon as the casts are settled, at the opera house in question.

6. 6
   adj

   causing dejection

Etymology

From gloom + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian glumig (“dark, gloomy”).