gloominess

gloominess: noun

1. a feeling of melancholy apprehension

• Syn: ↑gloom, ↑somberness, ↑sombreness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑sombre (for: ↑sombreness), ↑somber (for: ↑somberness), ↑gloomy

• Hypernyms: ↑melancholy, ↑apprehension, ↑apprehensiveness, ↑dread

2. an atmosphere of depression and melancholy

- gloom pervaded the office

• Syn: ↑gloom, ↑glumness

• Hypernyms: ↑atmosphere, ↑ambiance, ↑ambience

• Hyponyms: ↑cloud, ↑bleakness, ↑desolation, ↑bareness, ↑nakedness

3. the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness

• Syn: ↑lugubriousness, ↑sadness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑sad (for: ↑sadness), ↑lugubrious (for: ↑lugubriousness), ↑gloomy

• Hypernyms: ↑uncheerfulness

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Gloominess — Gloom i*ness, n. State of being gloomy. Addison. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gloominess — index obscuration, pessimism Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
gloominess — gloomy ► ADJECTIVE (gloomier, gloomiest) 1) dark or poorly lit, especially so as to cause fear or depression. 2) causing or feeling depression or despondency. DERIVATIVES gloomily adverb gloominess noun … English terms dictionary
gloominess — noun see gloomy … New Collegiate Dictionary
gloominess — See gloomily. * * * … Universalium
gloominess — noun The state or condition of being gloomy … Wiktionary
gloominess — Synonyms and related words: bleakness, cynicism, darkness, defeatism, dismalness, dreariness, gloom, gloomy outlook, gravity, grimness, lower, lowering, malism, negativism, nihilism, pessimism, retreatism, solemnity, somber, somberness,… … Moby Thesaurus
gloominess — gloomÂ·iÂ·ness || gluËmÉªnÉªs n. dimness, darkness; greyness; sadness, depression, melancholy … English contemporary dictionary
gloominess — gloom·i·ness … English syllables
over-gloominess — … Useful english dictionary

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