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gloomy


 
  Grep  of  noun  gloomy 
  gloomy  gus 
  the  gloomy  dean 
 
  Overview  of  adj  gloomy 
 
  The  adj  gloomy  has  6  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  gloomy,  grim  --  (characterized  by  hopelessness;  filled  with  gloom;  "gloomy  at  the  thought  of  what  he  had  to  face";  "gloomy  predictions";  "a  gloomy  silence";  "took  a  grim  view  of  the  economy") 
  2.  (1)  dingy,  dismal,  drab,  drear,  dreary,  gloomy,  sorry  --  (depressing  in  character  or  appearance;  "drove  through  dingy  streets";  "the  dismal  prison  twilight"-  Charles  Dickens;  "drab  old  buildings";  "a  dreary  mining  town";  "gloomy  tenements";  "sorry  routine  that  follows  on  the  heels  of  death"-  B.A.Williams) 
  3.  (1)  glooming,  gloomy,  gloomful  --  (depressingly  dark;  "the  gloomy  forest";  "the  glooming  interior  of  an  old  inn";  "`gloomful'  is  archaic") 
  4.  depressing,  depressive,  gloomy,  saddening  --  (causing  or  suggestive  of  sorrow  or  gloom;  "a  gloomy  outlook";  "gloomy  news") 
  5.  glum,  gloomy,  long-faced  --  (reflecting  gloom;  "gloomy  faces") 
  6.  blue,  dark,  depressing,  disconsolate,  dismal,  dispiriting,  gloomy,  grim  --  (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") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  gloomy 
 
  6  senses  of  gloomy 
 
  Sense  1 
  gloomy,  grim 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  hopeless)  ->  hopeful 
 
  Sense  2 
  dingy,  dismal,  drab,  drear,  dreary,  gloomy,  sorry 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  cheerless)  ->  cheerful 
 
  Sense  3 
  glooming,  gloomy,  gloomful 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  dark)  ->  light 
 
  Sense  4 
  depressing,  depressive,  gloomy,  saddening 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  sad)  ->  glad 
 
  Sense  5 
  glum,  gloomy,  long-faced 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  dejected)  ->  elated 
 
  Sense  6 
  blue,  dark,  depressing,  disconsolate,  dismal,  dispiriting,  gloomy,  grim 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  cheerless)  ->  cheerful 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  gloomy 
 
  6  senses  of  gloomy 
 
  Sense  1 
  gloomy,  grim 
  =>  hopeless  (vs.  hopeful) 
 
  Sense  2 
  dingy,  dismal,  drab,  drear,  dreary,  gloomy,  sorry 
  =>  cheerless  (vs.  cheerful),  uncheerful 
 
  Sense  3 
  glooming,  gloomy,  gloomful 
  =>  dark  (vs.  light) 
 
  Sense  4 
  depressing,  depressive,  gloomy,  saddening 
  =>  sad  (vs.  glad) 
 
  Sense  5 
  glum,  gloomy,  long-faced 
  =>  dejected  (vs.  elated) 
 
  Sense  6 
  blue,  dark,  depressing,  disconsolate,  dismal,  dispiriting,  gloomy,  grim 
  =>  cheerless  (vs.  cheerful),  uncheerful 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  gloomy 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  gloomy 
 
  gloomy  used  as  an  adjective  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  6) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  gloomy 
  gloomy 
 
  Overview  of  adj  gloomy 
 
  The  adj  gloomy  has  6  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  gloomy,  grim  --  (characterized  by  hopelessness;  filled  with  gloom;  "gloomy  at  the  thought  of  what  he  had  to  face";  "gloomy  predictions";  "a  gloomy  silence";  "took  a  grim  view  of  the  economy") 
  2.  (1)  dingy,  dismal,  drab,  drear,  dreary,  gloomy,  sorry  --  (depressing  in  character  or  appearance;  "drove  through  dingy  streets";  "the  dismal  prison  twilight"-  Charles  Dickens;  "drab  old  buildings";  "a  dreary  mining  town";  "gloomy  tenements";  "sorry  routine  that  follows  on  the  heels  of  death"-  B.A.Williams) 
  3.  (1)  glooming,  gloomy,  gloomful  --  (depressingly  dark;  "the  gloomy  forest";  "the  glooming  interior  of  an  old  inn";  "`gloomful'  is  archaic") 
  4.  depressing,  depressive,  gloomy,  saddening  --  (causing  or  suggestive  of  sorrow  or  gloom;  "a  gloomy  outlook";  "gloomy  news") 
  5.  glum,  gloomy,  long-faced  --  (reflecting  gloom;  "gloomy  faces") 
  6.  blue,  dark,  depressing,  disconsolate,  dismal,  dispiriting,  gloomy,  grim  --  (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") 



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