KJV Dictionary Definition: gloominess

gloominess

GLOOM'INESS, n. Want of light; obscurity; darkness; dismalness.

1. Want of cheerfulness; cloudiness of look; heaviness of mind; melancholy; as, to involve the mind in gloominess.

gloomy

GLOOM'Y, a. from gloom. Obscure; imperfectly illuminated; or dark; dismal; as the gloomy cells of a convent; the gloomy shades of night.

1. Wearing the aspect of sorrow; melancholy; clouded; dejected; depressed; heavy of heart; as a gloomy countenance or state of mind; a gloomy temper.

2. Of a dark complexion. Little used.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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