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Meanings of gloomy in английском

Causing dejection.

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Depressingly dark.

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Examples for "sulky"
Examples for "sulky"
1
We hadn't gone five yards when Strike spoke, sounding winded and sulky.
Speaking in Bones
2
I want to be icy, but I fear I appear only sulky.
The White Queen
3
For a few minutes the sulky one performed on the flying rings.
Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis; Or, Leaders of the Second...
4
Gone was the self-absorbed, sulky look that he had mostly worn before.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
5
She looked sulky but said, You're not the only detective in Chicago.
Body work
1
Marian, coming in a few minutes later, found her glooming there still.
Chicken Little Jane
2
Under a grey sky, glooming to purple, the gelid water writhed nakedly.
The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
3
There is sadness glooming out of him, but no unkindness nor asperity.
Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 2.
4
Through the frozen glooming Nyssa saw Moll's legs with her single good eye.
Dagmar's daughter
5
Tom sat glooming over it for a time, shrouding himself in tobacco smoke.
The Quickening
1
If it were anything you'd like to hear, but why should you know what is all sad and gloomful?
We Two: A Novel

Filled with melancholy and despondency.

Having the tendency to judge things by their most unfavorable or negative qualities.

Usage of gloomy in английском
1
The planet's inhabitants will remain gloomy, however, even despite their new surroundings.
Wired
2
Chris's own father had reached the gloomy state of mind long ago.
Cities in Flight
3
In general, he had the most gloomy ideas concerning almost all events.
Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Volume 1 / Being se...
4
Rival Spanish hotel chain Melia MEL.MC reported similarly gloomy results last week.
Reuters
5
But it may point to a gloomy long-term outlook for energy prices.
Reuters
6
The forward-looking indicators also appear rosy and, therefore, gloomy for Mr Kerry.
The Guardian
7
The royal family was incarcerated in the gloomy prison of the Temple.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
8
The situation of the unfortunate travellers was now gloomy in the extreme.
Astoria; Or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountai...
9
There have been further gloomy predictions about the future of Britain's economy.
BBC
10
To be sure, the news for banks may not be universally gloomy.
Reuters
11
In front of Sintram was the gloomy valley, as if his grave.
Sintram and His Companions
12
Emerging markets have been particularly hard hit by the gloomy growth signals.
Reuters
13
She was grave, and cold, and solemn; Despard was gloomy and stern.
Cord and Creese
14
The scene and the associations of it suggested the most gloomy anticipations.
Caesar: A Sketch
15
The baron would have embraced his brother; but the gloomy ascetic forbade.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
16
Every gloomy day we get more evidence that Seekers have it right.
Surrender to the will of the night
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