This word was originally from the same root with the adjective "cloudy." This is what they said about the cloudy sky and rainy inclement weather. Synonyms are the words "dark, sunless, cloudy, gray, dull." Example: "The day was bad, gloomy, gloomy."
Frown
Another meaning of the token is connected with the previous one, but has a metaphorical meaning. Here the word denotes a state of mind and the corresponding appearance of a person. The meaning of the word can be interpreted by synonyms: "inhospitable, joyless, lean, dark, formidable, awkward, joyless." Example:
"I still dream of their frown and grumbling grumble."
Angry man
By analogy with a gloomy cloudy day and psychological experience, this word also refers to a person who is gloomy and severe in nature. The synonymous series for this lexical meaning is: “closed, uncommunicative, angry, angry. Examples:
- "Kuzma was a stocky short man, laconic and gloomy."
- "The gloomy unsociable clerk silently filed a note."
Pun
Explanatory dictionaries of the Russian language provide all three semantic characteristics. Sources emphasize that the meaning of the word "gloomy", which defines a joyless, oppressive, gloomy mood, is colloquial. It is noteworthy that synonyms for each of the meanings of this word often sound the same: a gloomy sky - a gloomy mood - a gloomy person; formidable cloud - formidable grin - formidable governor; unfriendly October - unfriendly gaze - unfriendly host. Each of these adjectives, without prejudice to meaning, could be replaced by the word "gloomy."
Gloomy Petersburg
The specificity of this eloquent adjective is that it characterizes the object from several sides at once, so we can talk about the subtext. In combination of this adjective with the word Petersburg, for example, three meanings can immediately lie, one of which, according to the author’s choice, sounds straightforward, while the others can be implied.
- Bad weather city with gray sky and drizzling rain.
- A sad, joyless mood reigning in a granite city.
- The gloomy, harsh nature of the northern capital, which survived the revolution and war.
