Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GLOOM'Y, a. [from gloom.]

1. Obscure; imperfectly illuminated; or dark; dismal; as, the gloomy cells of a convent; the gloomy shades of night.
2. Wearing the aspect of sorrow; melancholy; clouded; dejected; depressed; heavy of heart; as, a gloomy countenance or state of mind; a gloomy temper.
3. Of a dark complexion. [Little used.] Milton.