Gloomful
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 gloomy archaic, poetic
"Long, I tell you, long and often, have I pondered on that history, and sought to trace with what ghastly secret has been pregnant the destiny, gloomful as Erebus and the murk of black-peplosed Nux, which for centuries has hung its pall over the men of this ill-fated house."
Adjective
- 1 depressingly dark wordnet
Example
More examples"Long, I tell you, long and often, have I pondered on that history, and sought to trace with what ghastly secret has been pregnant the destiny, gloomful as Erebus and the murk of black-peplosed Nux, which for centuries has hung its pall over the men of this ill-fated house."
Etymology
From gloom + -ful.
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