gloominess (noun)

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• gloominess — gloomy ► ADJECTIVE (gloomier, gloomiest) 1) dark or poorly lit, especially so as to cause fear or depression. 2) causing or feeling depression or despondency. DERIVATIVES gloomily adverb gloominess noun …   English terms dictionary

• gloominess — noun see gloomy …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• gloominess — noun The state or condition of being gloomy …   Wiktionary

• gloominess — noun 1. a feeling of melancholy apprehension • Syn: ↑gloom, ↑somberness, ↑sombreness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sombre (for: ↑sombreness), ↑somber ( …   Useful english dictionary

• gloomy — adjective (gloomier; est) Date: 1588 1. a. partially or totally dark; especially dismally and depressingly dark < gloomy weather > b. having a frowning or scowling appearance ; forbidding < a gloomy countenance > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• gloomy — adjective (gloomier, gloomiest) 1》 poorly lit, especially so as to cause fear or depression. 2》 causing or feeling depression or despondency. Derivatives gloomily adverb gloominess noun …   English new terms dictionary

• gloomy — adjective 1 sad because you think the situation will not improve: When I saw their gloomy faces, I knew something was wrong. 2 making you feel that things will not improve: a gloomy economic forecast 3 dark, especially in a way that seems sad:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• gloomy — I. /ˈglumi/ (say gloohmee) adjective (gloomier, gloomiest) dark; deeply shaded. {gloom1 + y1} II. /ˈglumi/ (say gloohmee) adjective (gloomier, gloomiest) 1. causing gloom; depressing: a gloomy prospect. 2. affected with or expressive of gloom;… …  

• gloomily — gloomy ► ADJECTIVE (gloomier, gloomiest) 1) dark or poorly lit, especially so as to cause fear or depression. 2) causing or feeling depression or despondency. DERIVATIVES gloomily adverb gloominess noun …   English terms dictionary

• gloomy — ► ADJECTIVE (gloomier, gloomiest) 1) dark or poorly lit, especially so as to cause fear or depression. 2) causing or feeling depression or despondency. DERIVATIVES gloomily adverb gloominess noun …   English terms dictionary

• black bile — noun a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy • Syn: ↑melancholy • Hypernyms: ↑liquid body substance, ↑bodily fluid, ↑body fluid, ↑humor, ↑humour * * * …   Useful english dictionary