gloominess

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.

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  • Gloominess — Gloom i*ness, n. State of being gloomy. Addison. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gloominess — index obscuration, pessimism Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • gloominess — noun see gloomy …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • gloominess — See gloomily. * * * …   Universalium

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

  • gloominess — Synonyms and related words: bleakness, cynicism, darkness, defeatism, dismalness, dreariness, gloom, gloomy outlook, gravity, grimness, lower, lowering, malism, negativism, nihilism, pessimism, retreatism, solemnity, somber, somberness,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • gloominess — gloom·i·ness || gluːmɪnɪs n. dimness, darkness; greyness; sadness, depression, melancholy …   English contemporary dictionary

  • gloominess — gloom·i·ness …   English syllables

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

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