Gloomy Synonyms
Gloomy is an adjective. Its synonyms include dark, ill-lit, poorly lit, shadowy, sunless, dim, sombre, dingy, frowzy, and drab. Its antonyms are bright, sunny, and well lit. Here are some additional synonyms for "gloomy" with example sentences.
Another word for gloomy
100 other ways to say gloomy.
1. in the sense of dingy
- dark
- poorly lit
- sunless
- sombre
- frowzy
- dismal
- murky
- unwelcoming
- cheerless
- comfortless
- grey
- overcast
- crepuscular
- Stygian
- caliginous
- ill-lit
- shadowy
- dim
- dingy
- drab
- dreary
- depressing
- uninviting
- joyless
- funereal
- leaden
- cloudy
- tenebrous
- Tartarean
- subfusc
2. in the sense of dejected
- despondent
- downhearted
- disconsolate
- crestfallen
- depressed
- disheartened
- demoralized
- heavy-hearted
- low-spirited
- unhappy
- full of gloom
- melancholy
- woebegone
- sorrowful
- long-faced
- in the doldrums
- wretched
- Eeyorish
- sepulchral
- dour
- woeful
- down
- down in the dumps
- cheesed off
- chap-fallen
- pessimistic
- downbeat
- disheartening
- dispiriting
- unfavourable
- bad
- black
- saddening
- grim
- comfortless
- downcast
- dejected
- dispirited
- cast down
- disappointed
- discouraged
- desolate
- in low spirits
- sad
- glum
- doleful
- miserable
- mournful
- forlorn
- fed up
- subdued
- lugubrious
- morose
- saturnine
- mirthless
- blue
- down in the mouth
- brassed off
- dolorous
- adust
- depressing
- looking on the black side
- disappointing
- unpromising
- bleak
- dark
- sombre
- distressing
- cheerless
- hopeless
Gloomy Sentences
The sky looks particularly gloomy today.
It was a gloomy winter afternoon.
She felt gloomy about the situation.
His mood turned gloomy after news.