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noun
The state or condition of being gloomy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: lugubriousness, sadness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: uncheerfulness
noun
a feeling of melancholy apprehension
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: gloom, somberness, sombreness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread, melancholy
noun
an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: gloom, glumness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: atmosphere, ambiance, ambience
Narrower terms: cloud, bleakness, desolation, bareness, nakedness
History
Etymology tree English gloomy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English gloominess From gloomy + -ness.
