Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The condition or quality of being gloomy; obscurity; darkness; dismalness; dejection; sullenness.
Wiktionary
- n. The state or condition of being gloomy.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. State of being gloomy.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a feeling of melancholy apprehension
- n. an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
- n. the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
Examples
“Its dark red color; its gloominess, which is partly due to its architectural severity; its four mighty towers -- all combine to cause a feeling of fear, especially on moonlight nights, when the shadows of the towers fall on the water in the moat, which still surrounds the castle as in days of old.”
Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day
“In his work is nothing to recall the gloominess of the period; he has seen in it nothing but exploits and heroic adventure.”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
“A "black spell" makes people forsake pleasurable things — "fireside joys" — for the "gloominess" of church service.”
“By this means, when the heavens are filled with clouds, when the earth swims in rain, and all nature wears a lowering countenance, I withdraw myself from these uncomfortable scenes, into the visionary worlds of art; where I meet with shining landscapes, gilded triumphs, beautiful faces, and all those other objects that fill the mind with gay ideas, and disperse that gloominess which is apt to hang upon it in those dark disconsolate seasons.”
“U.S. stocks jumped Wednesday as investors bounced back from the previous day's gloominess, bidding up stocks in a broad-based rally that lifted all sectors.”
“All the dark gloominess needs a little bit of a break up in my opinion.”
“The gloominess extends to Wall Street, which is suffering a sharp decline in fee-generating muni-bond deals.”
“But everyone agrees that stormy weather adds to the gloominess of the series which was filmed primarily in Vancouver, B.C., not Seattle.”
“BofA fell 4.2% ahead of its earnings results on Friday, amid general gloominess around the country's largest banks.”
“Shopping "just takes people's minds off the gloominess.”
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