English-Thai Dictionary

gloomy

ADJ มืดมัว  ทึมๆ  dim clouded mued-mua

 

gloomy

ADJ เศร้าหมอง  หมอง หม่น  เศร้าสร้อย  สิ้นหวัง  sad depressed joyful sao-mong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GLOOMY

a.[from gloom. ] Obscure; imperfectly illuminated; or dark; dismal; as the gloomy cells of a convent; the gloomy shades of night. 1. Wearing the aspect of sorrow; melancholy; clouded; dejected; depressed; heavy of heart; as a gloomy countenance or state of mind; a gloomy temper.
2. Of a dark complexion. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GLOOMY

Gloom "y, a. [Compar. Gloomier; superl. Gloomiest.]

 

1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest shade. " Milton.

 

2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance.

 

Syn. -- Dark; dim; dusky; dismal; cloudy; moody; sullen; morose; melancholy; sad; downcast; depressed; dejected; disheartened.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gloomy

gloom y |ˈglo͞omē ˈɡlumi | ▶adjective ( gloomier, gloomiest ) dark or poorly lit, esp. so as to appear depressing or frightening: a gloomy corridor. • feeling distressed or pessimistic: I am by no means gloomy about the prospects for domestic industry. • causing distress or depression: a gloomy atmosphere. DERIVATIVES gloom i ly |-məlē |adverb, gloom i ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

gloomy

gloomy |ˈgluːmi | ▶adjective ( gloomier, gloomiest ) 1 dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening: a gloomy corridor badly lit by oil lamps. 2 causing or feeling depression or despondency: gloomy forecasts about the economy. DERIVATIVES gloomily adverb, gloominess noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

gloomy

gloomy adjective 1 a gloomy room: dark, shadowy, sunless, dim, somber, dingy, dismal, dreary, murky, unwelcoming, cheerless, comfortless, funereal; literary Stygian. ANTONYMS bright, sunny. 2 Joanna looked gloomy: despondent, downcast, downhearted, dejected, dispirited, disheartened, discouraged, demoralized, crestfallen; depressed, desolate, low, sad, unhappy, glum, melancholy, miserable, woebegone, mournful, forlorn, morose; informal blue, down in /at the mouth, down in the dumps; literary dolorous. ANTONYMS happy, cheerful. 3 gloomy forecasts about the economy: pessimistic, depressing, downbeat, disheartening, disappointing; unfavorable, bleak, bad, black, somber, grim, cheerless, hopeless. ANTONYMS upbeat, optimistic.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gloomy

gloomy adjective 1 a gloomy room filled with mahogany furniture: dark, ill-lit, poorly lit, shadowy, sunless, dim, sombre, dingy, frowzy, drab, dismal, dreary, murky, depressing, unwelcoming, uninviting, cheerless, joyless, comfortless, funereal; grey, leaden, overcast, cloudy; literary crepuscular, tenebrous; rare Stygian, Tartarean, caliginous, subfusc. ANTONYMS bright, sunny, well lit. 2 Joanna looked gloomy | his gloomy expression: despondent, downcast, downhearted, dejected, disconsolate, dispirited, crestfallen, cast down, depressed, disappointed, disheartened, discouraged, demoralized, desolate, heavy-hearted, in low spirits, low-spirited, sad, unhappy, glum, full of gloom, doleful, melancholy, miserable, woebegone, mournful, sorrowful, forlorn, long-faced, fed up, in the doldrums, subdued, wretched, lugubrious, Eeyorish, morose, sepulchral, saturnine, dour, mirthless, woeful; informal blue, down, down in the mouth, down in the dumps; Brit. informal brassed off, cheesed off, looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny; literary dolorous; archaic chap-fallen, adust. ANTONYMS happy, cheerful. 3 gloomy forecasts about the economy: pessimistic, depressing, downbeat, looking on the black side, disheartening, disappointing, dispiriting, unpromising, unfavourable, bleak, bad, dark, black, sombre, melancholy, saddening, distressing, grim, cheerless, comfortless, hopeless. ANTONYMS optimistic, upbeat.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gloomy

gloom y /ɡlúːmi /→gloom 形容詞 -ier ; -iest 1 〈人 表情などが 〉 «…について » 悲観的な , 陰うつな , 憂うつな «about » ; 〈境遇などが 〉暗い ▸ feel gloomy about the future 将来を考えると憂うつになる ▸ take a gloomy view of A Aを悲観的に見る 2 〈事態 状況などが 〉期待の持てない, 暗い ▸ a gloomy economic outlook 暗たんたる経済の先行き 3 〈場所などが 〉薄暗い , 陰気な ▸ a gloomy room in the basement 地下の薄暗い部屋 gl ó om i ly 副詞 憂うつに, 陰気に .gl ó om i ness 名詞