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  
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  • uninviting  
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  • tenebrous  
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  • Tartarean  
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  • sunless  
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  • subfusc  
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  • Stygian  
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  • sombre  
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  • shadowy  
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  • poorly lit  
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  • overcast  
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  • murky  
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  • leaden  
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  • joyless  
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  • ill-lit  
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  • grey  
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  • funereal  
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  • frowzy  
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  • dreary  
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  • drab  
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  • dismal  
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  • dingy  
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  • dim  
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  • depressing
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  • dark
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  • crepuscular  
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  • comfortless  
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  • cloudy
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  • cheerless  
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  • caliginous  
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2. dejected

  • wretched  
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  • woeful  
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  • woebegone  
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  • unpromising  
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  • unhappy
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  • unfavourable  
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  • subdued  
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  • sorrowful  
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  • sombre  
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  • sepulchral  
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  • saturnine  
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  • saddening  
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  • sad
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  • pessimistic
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  • mournful  
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  • morose  
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  • miserable
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  • mirthless  
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  • melancholy
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  • lugubrious  
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  • low-spirited  
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  • looking on the black side  
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  • long-faced  
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  • in the doldrums  
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  • in low spirits  
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  • hopeless
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  • heavy-hearted  
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  • grim
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  • glum  
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  • full of gloom  
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  • forlorn  
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  • fed up  
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  • Eeyorish  
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  • down in the mouth  
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  • down in the dumps  
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  • downhearted  
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  • downcast  
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  • downbeat  
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  • down
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  • dour  
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  • dolorous  
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  • doleful  
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  • distressing  
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  • dispiriting  
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  • dispirited  
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  • disheartening  
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  • disheartened  
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  • discouraged  
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  • disconsolate  
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  • disappointing  
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  • disappointed
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  • despondent  
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  • desolate  
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  • depressing
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  • depressed  
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  • demoralized  
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  • dejected  
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  • dark
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  • crestfallen  
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  • comfortless  
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  • cheesed off  
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  • cheerless  
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  • chap-fallen  
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  • cast down  
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  • brassed off  
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  • blue  
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  • bleak
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  • black
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  • bad
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  • adust  
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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.