Gloominess
21mel|an|chol|y — «MEHL uhn KOL ee», noun, plural chol|ies, adjective. –n. 1. low spirits; sadness; tendency to be sad: »The chronic melancholy which is taking hold of the civilized races... (Thomas Hardy). SYNONYM(S): depression, dejection, gloominess …
22Dismalness — Dis mal*ness, n. The quality of being dismal; gloominess. [1913 Webster] …
23Lower — Low er, n. [Obs.] 1. Cloudiness; gloominess. [1913 Webster] 2. A frowning; sullenness. [1913 Webster] adj. 1. relating to small or noncapital letters which were kept in the lower half of a compositor s type case. Also See {minuscule},… …
24lugubriousness — lu*gu bri*ous*ness n. 1. excessive sadness and mournfulness. Syn: gloominess. [WordNet 1.5] …
25Melancholy — Mel an*chol*y, n. [OE. melancolie, F. m[ e]lancolie, L. melancholia, fr. Gr. ?; me las, me lanos, black + ? gall, bile. See {Malice}, and 1st {Gall}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep… …
26Sadness — Sad ness, n. 1. Heaviness; firmness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Seriousness; gravity; discretion. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Her sadness and her benignity. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. Quality of being sad, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection …
27Somberness — Som ber*ness, Sombreness Som bre*ness, n. The quality or state of being somber; gloominess. [1913 Webster] …
28Sombreness — Somberness Som ber*ness, Sombreness Som bre*ness, n. The quality or state of being somber; gloominess. [1913 Webster] …
29dismal — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from dismal, noun, days marked as unlucky in medieval calendars, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin dies mali, literally, evil days Date: 15th century 1. obsolete disastrous, dreadful 2 …
30gloomy — adjective (gloomier; est) Date: 1588 1. a. partially or totally dark; especially dismally and depressingly dark < gloomy weather > b. having a frowning or scowling appearance ; forbidding < a gloomy countenance > …