gloomy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Dark in a way that feels depressing or unwelcoming.

   The cavern was cold and gloomy.

2. 2
   adj

   Sad and without hope.

   He felt gloomy at the thought of returning to work.

3. 3
   adj

   Suggesting that things will turn out badly.

   The forecast for the economy is gloomy.

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

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