gloomiest
Least bright, emotionally
Gloomiest is the superlative of gloomy—the most dark, dismal, or pessimistic.
A place can be the gloomiest: the gloomiest corner of the basement.
A mood or outlook can be too: Even the gloomiest predictions didn't prepare us for this.
Dull and depressing
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- desolateBleak and abandoned
- somberGravely serious in mood
- oppressiveUnjustly harsh or stifling
depressing · sullen · forbidding · austere · stark · barren · cheerless · disheartening
Obscured by darkness
sunless · tenebrous · darkened · lightless · dusky · pitch-black · starless · moonless
Inclined toward reflective sorrow
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- dejectedLow in spirits
- dismalDepressingly dark or dull
- moroseSullenly ill-humored
hopeless · despairing · doleful · woeful · crestfallen · downcast · dispirited · forlorn
Suggesting something bad approaches
- portentousOminously significant
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
dire · fateful · baleful · inauspicious · ill-omened · dark · pessimistic · apprehensive
dreary
Dull and depressing
oppressive · depressing · sullen · forbidding · austere · stark · barren · cheerless · disheartening · drab
shadowy
Obscured by darkness
overcast · sunless · tenebrous · darkened · lightless · dusky · pitch-black · starless · moonless · shrouded
melancholic
Inclined toward reflective sorrow
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- dejectedLow in spirits
- dismalDepressingly dark or dull
morose · hopeless · despairing · doleful · woeful · crestfallen · downcast · dispirited · forlorn · sorrowful
ominous
Suggesting something bad approaches
- portentousOminously significant
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
sinister · dire · fateful · baleful · inauspicious · ill-omened · dark · pessimistic · apprehensive · anxious