Dictionary Entry

gloomy

gloomy is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1superlative
Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy.
2superlative
Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance.
3adjective
depressingly dark
"the gloomy forest"
"the glooming interior of an old inn"
Synonyms
gloomful glooming sulky
4adjective
causing dejection
"a blue day"
"the dark days of the war"
Synonyms
blue dark dingy disconsolate dismal drab drear dreary grim sorry
5adjective
filled with melancholy and despondency
"gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"
"gloomy predictions"
Synonyms
blue depressed dispirited down downcast downhearted grim low

Synonyms

gloomful glooming sulky blue dark dingy disconsolate dismal drab drear dreary grim sorry depressed dispirited down downcast downhearted low

Common word forms

gloomier gloomily gloomiest

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