gloomy (gloomier comparative) (gloomiest superlative )
1 adj If a place is gloomy, it is almost dark so that you cannot see very well.
Inside it's gloomy after all that sunshine...
2 adj If people are gloomy, they are unhappy and have no hope.
(=despondent)
Miller is gloomy about the fate of the serious playwright in America.
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gloomily adv
He tells me gloomily that he has been called up for army service.
3 adj If a situation is gloomy, it does not give you much hope of success or happiness.
(=grim)
...a gloomy picture of an economy sliding into recession...