Gloominess

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gloominess \Gloom"i*ness\, n.
     State of being gloomy. --Addison.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  gloominess
       n 1: an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded
            the office" [syn: {gloom}, {glumness}]
       2: a feeling of melancholy apprehension [syn: {gloom}, {somberness}]
       3: excessive sadness and mournfulness [syn: {lugubriousness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "gloominess":
     bleakness, cynicism, darkness, defeatism, dismalness, dreariness,
     gloom, gloomy outlook, gravity, grimness, lower, lowering, malism,
     negativism, nihilism, pessimism, retreatism, solemnity, somber,
     somberness, sombrousness, uncheerfulness, wearifulness,
     wearisomeness