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Meanings of gloominess in English

Portuguese
pessimismo
Catalan
penumbra
Spanish
oscuridad

A feeling of melancholy apprehension.

pessimismo
Portuguese
tristeza

The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness.

tristeza
Synonyms
Examples for "sadness"
Examples for "sadness"
1
Balancing sadness with hope is a real challenge, but it is possible.
Independent.ie
2
Yeats clearly views the present state of the world with some sadness.
The Irish Times
3
With great sadness and anger, I now believe him to be right.
The Guardian
4
The company sees millions of queries every year around stress or sadness.
Wired
5
She sensed the anger and sadness here; she still felt the violence.
Haunted
1
This, combined with an unwonted lugubriousness of visage, made Daniel's aspect somewhat comical.
Demos
2
Believe me, I thirst for this knack of lugubriousness.
The Young Seigneur / Or, Nation-Making
3
Carl's face lost its lugubriousness in a broad grin.
The Plastic Age
4
The big spectacles, the half-benign, half-disapproving face, the slightly angelic but ironic mouth, the lugubriousness.
Kalooki Nights
5
Now that there's no dirt to dish on Lane's sexuality, critics pick on his perceived lugubriousness.
The Guardian
Usage of gloominess in English
1
Though some think the gloominess may be largely baked into stock prices.
Reuters
2
I met Juba before dawn in the torch-lit gloominess of the stables.
Cleopatra's Moon
3
That Edward Beverley had fits of gloominess and impatience is not surprising.
The Children of the New Forest
4
One of his favourite jokes played on a life-long reputation for gloominess.
The Irish Times
5
It must not be supposed that Mr Cupples' gloominess arose from anxiety.
Sunk at Sea
6
His gloominess gave way to laughter and small gestures of affection.
Romancing miss bronte: a novel
7
His case looked desperate, and he felt something like the gloominess of despair.
Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue / A Tal...
8
Then, without noticing the gloominess of the mate's countenance he went in again.
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
9
Would you cage your wife in the gloominess of this sepulchre?
Tales of the Chesapeake
10
I must, I will, I have already, overcome these fruitless gloominess.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9
11
Some of Mr. Lincoln's literary tastes indicated strongly his prevailing gloominess of mind.
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete
12
Well, that isn't at all surprising, in view of the gloominess of our surroundings.
The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands; Or, The Yankee-Canadian ...
13
And yet there is a repining in your gloominess.
Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing
14
Sidwell remarked a change that was coming over him, a gloominess unnatural to his character.
Born in Exile
15
Religion had a sort of horrible attraction for me, but nothing could exceed its gloominess.
Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. / Edited by His...
16
Instead of gloominess and stressed-out behaviour, he now tries to take on challenges with a smile.
BBC
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