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• s  depressingly dark
  the gloomy forest
• s  filled with melancholy and despondency
  gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
  gloomy predictions
  a gloomy silence
• s  causing dejection
  a dark gloomy day

• Sunday is gloomy, my hours are slumberless.
• As Russia hikes up the cost of gas for Belarus, the mood turns gloomy: Mogadishu at 60 Miles an Hour Arms merchants are once again doing brisk business after a rapid change of power .
• Before Keynes, economists were gloomy naysayers.

• glooming
• gloomful
• sulky
• grim
• blue
• depressed
• dispirited
• down
• downcast
• downhearted
• down in the mouth
• low
• low-spirited
• dark
• dingy
• disconsolate
• dismal
• sorry
• drab
• drear
• dreary

News & Articles

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• Off the eaten path: European influence brightens tiny cafe
  Even in the gloomy shadows of a tropical storm, the tiny dining room at Naples' Maria D'anna Café feels sunny.
  June 12, 2013 - The News-Press
• Sesame Street Explains "Incarceration," Not Why U.S. Imprisons So Many
  A gloomy woodwind arrangement proceeds the gentle explanation (helpfully paid for by a defense contractor ) of what it means to have a parent incarcerated in the United States today, which seems apt given that since 2002 our country has had the highest incarceration rate in the world. [ more › ]
  June 11, 2013 - Gothamist
• Gloomy Fans Coping With Penguins Loss To Bruins
  There’s a dark cloud over the city this weekend as gloomy fans try to cope with the Penguins stunning Game 4 loss to the Boston Bruins Friday night, sweeping them unceremoniously from the playoffs.
  June 8, 2013 - CBS Pittsburgh

Quotes

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• James Watson in Forbes
  The trouble began after the Sunday Times Magazine of London quoted Watson as saying that he's "inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa" because "all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours...
• George Osborne in London Stock Exchange
  Commenting on the figures, shadow chancellor, George Osborne, told the BBC: "This is more gloomy news, coming on the back of the chancellor's warning that the economy is facing the worst crisis in sixty years. The depressing thing is that at the...
• Harold McGraw III in USA Today
  Clearly we got a more gloomy scenario,McGraw said.