gloomy
/'glu:.mi/
adjective
WITHOUT HOPE 没有希望的
* unhappy and without hope
忧郁；愁闷；沮丧

1. a gloomy person/expression
一个愁容满面的人；一个沮丧的表情

2. The cemetery is a gloomy place.
墓地是个让人感到压抑的地方。

* with no positive opinions or expectations about a situation
悲观的

1. The vet is rather gloomy about my cat's chances of recovery.
兽医对我的猫儿康复表示很不乐观。

2. a gloomy economic forecast
令人沮丧的经济形势预测

/'glu:.mi/
adjective
DARK 黑暗的
* dark in a way that is unpleasant and makes it difficult to see
灰暗的，幽暗的

1. What gloomy weather we're having!
今天天气太阴沉了！

2. We waited in a gloomy waiting-room.
我们在阴暗的候车室里等着。

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gloomy
gloomy / 5^lu:mi / adjective (gloom·ier, gloomi·est)
1. nearly dark, or badly lit in a way that makes you feel sad
   黑暗的；阴暗的；幽暗的
   SYN  depressing :
   a gloomy room / atmosphere
   昏暗的房间；阴沉沉的气氛
   It was a wet and gloomy day.
   那一日阴天下雨沉闷无聊。
2. sad and without hope
   忧郁的；沮丧的；无望的
   SYN  glum :
   a gloomy expression
   沮丧的表情
   We sat in gloomy silence.
   我们郁郁不乐默不作声地坐着。
3. without much hope of success or happiness in the future
   前景黯淡的；悲观的
   SYN  depressing :
   a gloomy picture of the country's economic future
   该国经济前景的黯淡景象
   Suddenly, the future didn't look so gloomy after all.
   突然感到前途似乎并非如此黯淡。
• gloom·ily / -ili / adv.:
   He stared gloomily at the phone.
   他满脸愁容地盯着电话。
• gloomi·ness noun [U]

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gloomy adj.

• VERBS be, feel, look, seem, sound | become, get Now, don't start to get ~. | remain

• ADVERB very The future looked very ~. | far from (esp. BrE) The committee's view was in fact far from ~. | pretty, rather

• PREPOSITION about Many businesses remain ~ about the prospects for the economy.

Gloomy is used with these nouns: atmosphere, corner, corridor, forecast, future, house, interior, mood, outlook, picture, prediction, street, thought, weather

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gloomy adj.
⇨ depressed (Don't look so gloomy.) ⇨ dim 2 (gloomy weather) ⇨ negative (gloomy predictions)

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gloomy

adjective
1 a gloomy room filled with mahogany furniture | a gloomy winter's day
DARK , ill-lit, poorly lit, shadowy, sunless, dim, sombre, dingy, frowzy, drab, dismal, dreary, murky, depressing, unwelcoming, uninviting, cheerless, joyless, comfortless, funereal; grey, leaden, overcast, cloudy; poetic/literary crepuscular, tenebrous; rare Stygian, Tartarean, caliginous, subfusc.
-opposite(s): BRIGHT, SUNNY, WELL LIT.

2 Joanna looked gloomy | his gloomy expression
DESPONDENT , downcast, downhearted, dejected, disconsolate, dispirited, crestfallen, cast down, depressed, disappointed, disheartened, discouraged, demoralized, desolate, heavy-hearted, in low spirits, low-spirited, sad, unhappy, glum, full of gloom, doleful, melancholy, miserable, woebegone, mournful, sorrowful, forlorn, long-faced, fed up, in the doldrums, subdued, wretched, lugubrious, morose, sepulchral, saturnine, dour, mirthless, woeful; informal blue, down, down in the mouth, down in the dumps; Brit. informal brassed off, cheesed off, looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny; poetic/literary dolorous; archaic chap-fallen, adust.
-opposite(s): HAPPY, CHEERFUL.

3 gloomy forecasts about the economy
PESSIMISTIC , depressing, downbeat, looking on the black side, disheartening, disappointing, dispiriting, unpromising, unfavourable, bleak, bad, dark, black, sombre, melancholy, saddening, distressing, grim, cheerless, comfortless, hopeless.
-opposite(s): OPTIMISTIC, UPBEAT.

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a.阴暗的,阴沉的,令人沮丧的,阴郁的He looked gloomy.他看来忧郁.

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