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gloomy

How many syllables in gloomy?

  2 syllables

Divide gloomy into syllables:   gloom-y
Stressed syllable in gloomy:   gloom-y
How to pronounce gloomy:   gloo-mee
How to say gloomy:

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Synonyms for gloomy


1 syllable
  • bleak
  • dim
  • dull
  • low
  • dark
  • dour
  • glum
  • sad
2 syllables
  • brooding
  • cloudy
  • depressed
  • doleful
  • heavy
  • morbid
  • murky
  • sullen
  • cheerless
  • darkened
  • dismal
  • downbeat
  • leaden
  • morose
  • somber
  • sunless
3 syllables
4 syllables
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What rhymes with gloomy

1 syllable
  • roon
    2 syllables
    • bloomy
    • doomy
    • gumi
    • plumy
    • roomy
    • boomy
    • fumy
    • nummi
    • rheumy
    • spumy
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