All the meanings of the adjective are "gloomy". A gloomy day, a glance, a man ...
This word was originally one-root withthe adjective "overcast". So they talked about the overcast sky and rainy rainy weather. Synonyms are the words "dark, sunless, cloudy, gray, dim." Example: "The day was a rainy, gloomy, gloomy."
Frown
The other meaning of the lexeme is related to the previous one, buthas a metaphorical meaning. Here the word denotes the mental state and the corresponding appearance of a person. The meaning of the word can be interpreted as synonymous with "unfriendly, joyless, lean, gloomy, menacing, unkind, joyless." Example:
- "I still dream of their gloomy looks and disgruntled murmur."
Angry man
By analogy with a gloomy overcast day andpsychological experience of this word and call a person who is distinguished by gloom and harsh temper. The synonymous series for this lexical meaning is “closed, uncommunicative, angry, angry. Examples:
- "Kuzma was a stocky short man, short and gloomy."
- "The gloomy unsociable clerk silently filed a note."
Wordplay
Explanatory dictionaries of the Russian language lead all threesemantic characteristics. Sources emphasize that the colloquial is the meaning of the word "gloomy", which defines a joyless, oppressive, gloomy mood. It is noteworthy that the synonyms for each of the meanings of this word often sound the same: gloomy sky - gloomy mood - gloomy man; a terrible cloud — a terrible grin — a terrible voivode; unfriendly october - unfriendly look - unfriendly owner. Each of these adjectives could be replaced with the word "gloomy" without detriment to the meaning.
Gloomy Petersburg
The specifics of this eloquent adjectiveis that it characterizes the object from several sides at once, so that we can speak about the subtext. In the combination of this adjective with the word Petersburg, for example, there can be three senses at once, one of which, at the choice of the author, sounds directly, while others can be implied.
- A city covered with bad weather with a gray sky and drizzling rain.
- Sad, joyless mood reigning in the granite city.
- The gloomy, harsh nature of the northern capital, which survived the revolution and war.
Grammatical portrait of the word
This is a qualitative adjective that can be inclined, has full and short form and degree of comparison. Strengthen the meaning of the word helps the combination of "gloomy-gloomy" or its synonym "pre-gloomy".
Phraseological turns, which can replace the token in its figurative meanings, are as follows: “looks like a wolf (owl)”, “cloud-cloud”, “blacker than cloud”, “looks September”.
