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" I prefer the gloominess to the sun. I don't know why."
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Meaning of "gloominess" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF GLOOMINESS

ˈɡluːmɪnɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLOOMINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gloominess is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GLOOMINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of gloominess in the English dictionary

The first definition of gloominess in the dictionary is the quality or state of being dark or dismal. Other definition of gloominess is the quality or state of causing depression or gloom. Gloominess is also the quality or state of being sad or despairing.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GLOOMINESS

clamminess · gaminess · griminess · Guinness · happiness · jemminess · liminess · loaminess · riminess · roominess · rumminess · seaminess · sliminess · smalminess · smarminess · steaminess · storminess · streaminess · worminess · yumminess

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLOOMINESS

glomerulonephritis · glomerulus · Glomma · glomus · glonoin · gloom · gloomful · gloomfully · gloomier · gloomiest · gloomily · gloomless · gloomy · gloop · gloopy · Glooscap · glop · gloppy · gloria

WORDS THAT END LIKE GLOOMINESS

agribusiness · big business · bulkiness · business · cleanliness · cleanliness is next to godliness · comeliness · dizziness · do the business · e-business · emptiness · family business · fitness · friendliness · laziness · loneliness · loveliness · readiness · show business · timeliness · trustworthiness

Synonyms and antonyms of gloominess in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gloominess» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF GLOOMINESS

Find out the translation of gloominess to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of gloominess from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gloominess» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

忧郁
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

gloominess
570 millions of speakers
en

English

gloominess
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

उदासी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كآبة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

мрачность
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

gloominess
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

হতাশা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

tristesse
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kesedihan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Düsterkeit
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

gloominess
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

어두움
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Gloominess
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự nhăn mặt
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

தனிமைதான்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

उदासता
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kasvet
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

tristezza
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

ponurość
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

похмурість
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

obscuritate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατήφεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

donkerheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gloominess
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dysterhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gloominess

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GLOOMINESS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of gloominess
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gloominess

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QUOTES WITH «GLOOMINESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gloominess.
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Skrillex
I prefer the gloominess to the sun. I don't know why.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLOOMINESS»

Discover the use of gloominess in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gloominess and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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New Manual; Or, Symptomen-codex
37. — — , with burning and heat in the head, IlelL 38. , with congestion of blood to the head, and inertia, Nux. v. 39. , with heat and violent congestions, Lact. 40. Painful gloominess of the head, especially the forehead, Sep. 41. Gloominess ...
Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr, Charles Julius Hempel, 1853
2
The Wallflower Episode Redirects to Lists: Ah, the Nostalgic ...
Not illustrated. Excerpt: This is a list of the episodes of the anime series The Wallflower, created by Tomoko Hayakawa and directed by Shinichi Watanabe. ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=9406145
LLC Books, 2010
3
The Wrestler's Cruel Study
This Sunday morning, for instance, the weather is decidedly gloomy, and its gloominess seems to match Wally Wallski's own gloominess as he walks up Fulton Street toward the renovated brick warehouse which is the home of Mr. Lenguado.
Stephen Dobyns, 1995
4
Soft Computing in Human-Related Sciences
Emotional words "meditation," "gloominess" and "discouragement" are evoked last in the poem My weakest point (Poem 5) (see Table 3 (e)). Both Poem 1 and Poem 5 have a similar mood like loneliness, and two words "meditation" and ...
Horia-Nicolai L Teodorescu, Abraham Kandel, Lakhmi C. Jain, 1999
5
John Woolman's Path to the Peaceable Kingdom: A Quaker in ...
I saw in these southern provinces so many vices and corruptions increased by this trade and this way of life that it appeared to me as a dark gloominess hanging over the land. —John Woolman, Journal, chapter 2 Elizabeth Woolman, John's ...
Geoffrey Plank, 2012
6
The Will to Power (Volumes I and II)
CONCERNING THE HISTORY OF EUROPEAN NIHILISM. (a) MODERN GLOOMINESS. 57. My friends, we had a hard time as youths; we even suffered from youth itself as though it were a serious disease. This is owing to the age in which we ...
Friedrich Nietzsche, 2010
7
How to be a Green Liberal: Nature, Value and Liberal Philosophy
Certainly, this would generate an extra reason for gloominess for those taking seriously the situation reported by many environmental scientists. But if the gloom were generated in this way, it would not have quite the dismal tinge of anxious ...
Simon Hailwood, 2004
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The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics
For instance, the glacial tempo, the insistently chromatic piano accompaniment and the languidly scattered handclaps reinforce the gloominess of the lyrics. But how can purely musical features such as these imbue the sounds with an ...
Berys Gaut, Dominic Lopes, 2013
9
From Now to Eternity
The tribulation is also known as a time of darkness and gloominess. Joel 2:2 says , “It is a day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness.” Zephaniah 1:15 says, “That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, ...
Randall Eigsti, 2010
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A History of Design in Painted Glass
There isa gloominess* in the style of Gothic eccle" Mr. Winston was very partial to classic work. One does not dispute his right to admire the beautiful in any way, but this word gloominess would have probably been rendered .rol'emm'{y, had it  ...
Nat Hubert John Westlake, 1882

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLOOMINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gloominess is used in the context of the following news items.
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Don't blame residents
Deciduous trees will look pretty in spring, summer and autumn, but exacerbate the gloominess of a dull winter day, with no leaves, giving the ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
2
Vive l'indifférence: Can Paris rehabilitate its reputation for rudeness?
By the time the French finance minister made his 2014 cri de hospitalite, there was already distinct chatter about the fundamental gloominess of ... «National Post, Jul 15»
3
... With a cast of Minions
... doesn't amount to much more than trying to avoid having the entire minions species succumb to gloominess and despair at the South Pole. «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
4
Sami Kosba adds the picture of a third son killed by the IDF to his wall
The father's face hasn't changed much since our previous meeting, during his earlier bereavement: the same fatigue and gloominess, the same ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
5
Henrique Martins Mangles His Best For 48.98 Brazilian Gold In …
Conger took it on the chin but no hiding his gloominess as the medals were handed out. luying On a day with just three finals, the other two ... «SwimVortex.com, Jul 15»
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Why has a Fray Bentos factory been given World Heritage status?
The singular – and simple - appeal of Fray Bentos lies in its emptiness, its gloominess, the feeling that you're in a Graham Greene novel. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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New Fear The Walking Dead Trailer Warns You Not To Get Infected …
... to believe that everyone on Fear The Walking Dead is doomed — at least, outside of the gloominess that awaits them. With prequels like The ... «Undead Walking, Jul 15»
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Chicago Rapper Matti Baybee Releases New Single "Shout Out To …
... of all the negative press and gun violence that has plagued the city of Chicago, Matti Baybee is a light that's shinning thru all the gloominess. «Benzinga, Jul 15»
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Olympic bronze medallist Anthony Ogogo ready to return from year out
It was just gloominess, total gloominess. I didn't want to see a soul until the casts came off my feet and I was able to rehab. "Finally, the casts ... «SkySports, Jul 15»
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Samsung C&T Chief Invokes Virtues of GE in Defense of Merger
While Elliott has said such pessimism was too hasty and short-sighted, it isn't alone in questioning the gloominess of a company that built the ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
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