Synonyms for gloominess
Most common
gloom somberness US glumness sadness lugubriousness desolation sableness
Definitions
- n. 1
The state or condition of being gloomy.
Forms
- Plural
- gloominesses → glooms, sombernesses, glumnesses, sadnesses…
Example sentences
- gloom I hoped you could hurl some lumens into the gloom.
- sadness There was also an irrefutable sadness in his eyes.
- desolation The desolation left in his wake is staggering.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| gloominess | rising | |
| gloom | rising | |
| somberness | steady | |
| glumness | rising | |
| sadness | rising | |
| lugubriousness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- lower2, gloom1
- 7 letters
- sadness2
- 8 letters
- glumness
- 9 letters
- sableness
- 10 letters
- melancholy4, desolation4, somberness, sombreness
- 14 letters
- lugubriousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lower2 = 2 syllables).