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

1. superlative. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy.
2. superlative. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance.
3. adjective. depressingly dark

   "the gloomy forest"

   "the glooming interior of an old inn"

   Synonyms: gloomful, glooming, sulky

4. adjective. causing dejection

   "a blue day"

   "the dark days of the war"

   Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, grim, sorry

5. adjective. 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

Words from these letters

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