English-Spanish translations for gloomy

• lóbrego
  La competencia arrojará luz sobre el mundo lóbrego y lleno de telarañas de las grandes oficinas bancarias y suprimirá los retrasos comúnmente asociados a dichas transacciones. Competition will shed light on the gloomy and cobwebbed world of the high street banks and sweep away the delays habitually associated with such transactions.
• sombrío
  Miles de personas -hombres, mujeres y sus familias- se enfrentan a un sombrío futuro. Thousands of people - men and women and their families - face a gloomy future.
  En este clima sombrío, desearía expresar una nota de esperanza. In this gloomy climate, let me offer a gleam of hope.
  No es mi intención describir un panorama totalmente sombrío. It is not my intention to paint an entirely gloomy picture.
• lúgubre
  El hecho de que el crecimiento económico en la UE se halle por debajo del 2 % constituye un factor adicional en este lúgubre escenario. The fact that economic growth in the EU remains below 2% is a further factor in this gloomy scenario.
• oscuro
• tenebroso
  En todo caso, no creo que lo tenebroso se dé tanto en la situación de Cuba como en las gafas que algunos se ponen para mirar a Cuba exclusivamente. In any case, I do not think that the situation in Cuba is as gloomy as those who are determined to criticise that country would have us believe.
• tétrico

Definition of gloomy

• Not very illuminated; dim because of darkness, especially when appearing depressing or frightening
• Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected

Examples

• The cavern was gloomy
• a gloomy temper or countenance

Related words

• gloom
• gloominess
• gloomily
• doom and gloom
• paint a gloomy picture