gloomy
adjective
uk/ˈɡluː.mi/us/ˈɡluː.mi/gloomyadjective(WITHOUT HOPE)
unhappyand withouthope:
忧郁；愁闷；沮丧a gloomyperson/expression一个愁容满面的人／一个沮丧的表情
Thecemeteryis a gloomyplace.墓地是个让人感到压抑的地方。
notexpectingorbelievinganything good in asituation:
悲观的a gloomyeconomicforecast令人沮丧的经济形势预测
UKThevetisrathergloomy about my cat'schancesofrecovery.兽医对我的猫康复表示很不乐观。
Not hopeful
- be in a funkidiom
- be on a hiding to nothingidiom
- bleakly
- bleakness
- dispiritedness
- dispiritingly
- doomed
- doomster
- downcast
- downhearted
- gloom
- hopeless
- hopelessly
- hopelessness
- lose heartidiom
- merchant
- prophet of doomidiom
- someonecan't winidiom
- undone
- what are you going to do?idiom
gloomyadjective(DARK)
darkin a way that isunpleasantand makes itdifficulttosee:
灰暗的，幽暗的What gloomyweatherwe're having!今天天气太阴沉了！
Wewaitedin a gloomywaitingroom.我们在阴暗的候车室里等着。
with little or no light
- darkShe peered down the dark hallway.
- darkenedWe arrived late and had to make our way to our seats in a darkened theatre.
- dimHe sat in a dim corner of the waiting room.
- shadowyI was afraid to walk down the dim, shadowy corridor.
- pitch-darkShe took a torch with her as she descended into the pitch-dark cellar.
Darkness & becoming dark
- blackness
- darken
- darkened
- darkly
- darkness
- deepen
- dim
- dimly
- dimness
- dingily
- draw
- inky
- matt
- pitch darkness
- shaded
- shadow
- shadowy
- sombreness
- twilight
- umbra
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