Gloomy

Definitions

Someone or something that is gloomy or pessimistic.

informal

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Examples

“A word, finally, on how to go about this publicity business. If it should prove⟳ difficult to announce⟳ casts in the dailies, or at least in the weekly gloomies, it could surely be arranged that information be available, as soon as the casts are settled, at the opera house in question⟳.”

“As well, Russians did not use⟳ the confusion of Y2K to launch⟳ a preemptive nuclear strike⟳ against the United States, as Internet "gloomies" had cautioned, now wagging their online tails in Internet chat rooms as "pollies" (Pollyannas) rubbed salt in their paranoid wounds.”

“He lately sports a look⟳ known as "Goth," the most outre aspect of which is, in his case, black nail polish. Really serious Goths, who wear⟳ black clothing and spectral makeup, are known as "gloomies," or so Owen tells me. He's not one of them.”

“Yikes! I was to be alone with the smacker and my non-smiling sister. After all the joy with my two boys in our family, I was to be left alone with the two gloomies. Well, I guess⟳ I will have⟳ to find⟳ something else to keep⟳ me busy.”

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