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Gloomy
gloomy
(gloomier, gloomiest) 1. If a place is gloomy, it is almost dark so that you cannot see very well. Inside it’s gloomy after all that sunshine... ...this huge gloomy church. ADJ 2. If people are gloomy, they are unhappy and have no hope. Miller is gloomy about the fate of the serious playwright in America. = despondent ADJ • gloomily He tells me gloomily that he has been called up for army service. ADV: ADV with v 3. If a situation is gloomy, it does not give you much hope of success or happiness. ...a gloomy picture of an economy sliding into recession... Officials say the outlook for next year is gloomy. = grim ADJ
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1.
adjective (gloomier; -est) Date: 1588 1. a. partially or totally dark; especially dismally and depressingly dark ~ weather b. having a frowning or scowling appearance ; forbidding a ~ countenance c. low in spirits ; melancholy 2. a. causing gloom ; depressing a ~ story a ~ landscape b. lacking in promise or hopefulness ; pessimistic ~ prophecies a ~ future Synonyms: see dismal, sullen • gloomily adverb • gloominess noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
adj. (gloomier, gloomiest) 1 dark; unlighted. 2 depressed; sullen. 3 dismal; depressing. Derivatives gloomily adv. gloominess n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. мрачный; темный gloomy sky —- темное небо gloomy house —- мрачный дом gloomy weather —- пасмурная погода a gloomy outlook over factory buildings —- мрачный вид на заводские здания 2. угрюмый; печальный; хмурый gloomy companion —- невеселый попутчик (собеседник) to feel gloomy —- хандрить 3. унылый, удручающий gloomy prospects —- печальные (мрачные) перспективы he took a gloomy view of everything —- он все видел в мрачном свете ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
adj. 1) мрачный; темный 2) угрюмый; печальный; хмурый, унылый gloomy prospects - печальные, мрачные перспективы Syn: dark, dreary, grey, murky, sombre Ant: bright, cheerful ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
~ adj 1 sad because you think the situation will not improve (When I saw their gloomy faces, I knew something was wrong.) 2 making you feel that things will not improve (a gloomy economic forecast) 3 dark, especially in a way that seems sad (Ezra Pound's daughter visited him in his gloomy study in Carlyle Mansions.) - gloomily adv - gloominess n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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