gloomy
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
depressingly dark
the gloomy forest
Related & opposite
- lugubriousness derivation
- somberness derivation
- dark similar to
Sense 2 adjective
filled with melancholy and despondency
gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
Related & opposite
- lugubriousness derivation
- gloominess derivation
- downheartedness derivation
- dejected similar to
Sense 3 adjective
causing dejection
a blue day
Related & opposite
- insipidity derivation
- depressing similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lugubriousness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | somberness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | dark |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lugubriousness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gloominess |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | downheartedness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | dejected |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | insipidity |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | depressing |