gloomy

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective depressingly dark
  2. adjective filled with melancholy and despondency
  3. adjective causing dejection

Etymology

From gloom + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian glumig (“dark, gloomy”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

glooming, gloomful, sulky

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