gloomies

noun
/ˈɡluːmiz/UK/ˈɡlumiz/US

Etymology

A fanciful plural of gloomy: gloomy + -ies (suffix forming plural nouns ending in y). Gloom is derived from Middle English *gloom, *glom, from Old English glōm (“gloaming, twilight; darkness”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, glow, shimmer”).

  1. derived from *ǵʰley- — “to gleam, glow, shimmer
  2. inherited from glōm — “gloaming, twilight; darkness
  3. inherited from *gloom

Definitions

  1. Preceded by the

    Preceded by the: gloom, despondency.

    • The drear departing day, the coming night, / Increase the gloomies of the tempest's sound, / And damp the last faint hope those trembling souls had found.
    • […] Chichester was too good-natured not to exert himself for the enlivenment of a handsome girl suffering under a fit of the gloomies—more especially of one who happened to be an intimate friend of his sweet Cecilia!
    • If anything happens to me I want you to promise me something. Promise me you'll make a new life for yourself. As soon as you can. You're very young. Don't get the gloomies and be a martyr, please.
  2. plural of gloomy

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for gloomies. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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