Gloomy vs. Dreary — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Gloomy and Dreary
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Gloomy
Partially or totally dark, especially dismal and dreary
A damp, gloomy day.
Dreary
Dismal; bleak.
Gloomy
Showing or filled with gloom
Gloomy faces.
Dreary
Boring; dull
Dreary tasks.
Gloomy
Causing or producing gloom; depressing
Gloomy news.
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Dreary
Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
It had rained for three days straight, and the dreary weather dragged the townspeople's spirits down.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary...
Gloomy
Marked by hopelessness; very pessimistic
Gloomy predictions.
Dreary
(obsolete) Grievous, dire; appalling.
Gloomy
Not very illuminated; dim because of darkness, especially when appearing depressing or frightening.
The cavern was gloomy.
Dreary
Sorrowful; distressful.
Gloomy
Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.
A gloomy temper or countenance
Dreary
Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy.
Full many a dreary anxious hour.
Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary part of that dreary interval which separated two ages of prosperity.
Gloomy
(informal) Someone or something that is gloomy or pessimistic.
Dreary
Depressing in character or appearance;
Drove through dingy streets
The dismal prison twilight
Drab old buildings
A dreary mining town
Gloomy tenements
Sorry routine that follows on the heels of death
Gloomy
Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy.
Dreary
Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise;
Her drab personality
Life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas
A series of dreary dinner parties
Gloomy
Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance.
Gloomy
Characterized by hopelessness; filled with gloom;
Gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
Gloomy predictions
A gloomy silence
Took a grim view of the economy
The darkening mood
Gloomy
Depressing in character or appearance;
Drove through dingy streets
The dismal prison twilight
Drab old buildings
A dreary mining town
Gloomy tenements
Sorry routine that follows on the heels of death
Gloomy
Depressingly dark;
The gloomy forest
The glooming interior of an old inn
`gloomful' is archaic
Gloomy
Causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom;
A gloomy outlook
Gloomy news
Gloomy
Reflecting gloom;
Gloomy faces
Gloomy
Causing dejection;
A blue day
The dark days of the war
A week of rainy depressing weather
A disconsolate winter landscape
The first dismal dispiriting days of November
A dark gloomy day
Grim rainy weather
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