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