Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GLOOM'Y
GLOOM'Y, a. [from gloom.]
- Obscure; imperfectly illuminated; or dark; dismal; as, the gloomy cells of a convent; the gloomy shades of night.
- Wearing the aspect of sorrow; melancholy; clouded; dejected; depressed; heavy of heart; as, a gloomy countenance or state of mind; a gloomy temper.
- Of a dark complexion. [Little used.] Milton.
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