Gloomful (Adjective)
Meaning
Depressingly dark; "the gloomy forest"; "the glooming interior of an old inn"; "`gloomful' is archaic".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The old, abandoned mansion loomed before us, its gloomful halls a testament to the tragedy that had occurred within.
- As we walked through the dense forest, the trees seemed to close in around us, casting a gloomful shadow over our path.
- The fire had long since gone out, leaving the room in a state of gloomful darkness that seemed to suffocate us all.
- The photograph's gloomful tone and faded colors seemed to capture the somber mood of the times in which it was taken.
- The poet's words painted a picture of a world in eternal twilight, where the sun never shone and the atmosphere was perpetually gloomful.