1. The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
   "The poet's gloominess was reflected in his dark and melancholic verses";
   - lugubriousness, sadness, tristesse [literary]
    
2. An atmosphere of depression and melancholy
   "The gloominess of the rainy day matched her mood";
   - gloom, glumness
    
3. A feeling of melancholy apprehension
   "There was a sense of gloominess at the funeral";
   - gloom, somberness [US], sombreness [Brit, Cdn]
    
4. The property of having a frowning or scowling appearance
   "Virgil has alluded to the gloominess of his countenance in a passage which has given great disgust to the critics"

Type of: ambiance, ambience, apprehension, apprehensiveness, aspect, atmosphere, dread, expression, face, facial expression, look, melancholy, misgiving, uncheerfulness

Encyclopedia: Gloominess