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Definition of Gloomier
1. gloomy [adj] - See also: gloomy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gloomier
Literary usage of Gloomier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1886)
"In 1810 the situation had grown perceptibly gloomier. ' With the battle of Wagram,
followed by the peace of ..."
2. Lucius Q.C. Lamar: His Life, Times, and Speeches, 1825-1893 by Edward Mayes (1896)
"President Johnson's Plan—Provisional Governments—Southern Constitutional Conventions—
Temper of Southern People—Temper of Congress—Howe and Stevens—gloomier ..."
3. Grant, Lincoln, and the Freedmen: Reminiscences of the Civil War with by John Eaton, Ethel Osgood Mason (1907)
"gloomier forebodings of Grant and the work to come. MY acquaintance with General
Grant began in the autumn of, after the battle of Corinth had been fought ..."
4. A Theodicy: Or, Vindication of the Divine Glory, as Manifested in the by Albert Taylor Bledsoe (1856)
"It is gloomier than hell itself." True, there might be a gloomier spectacle in
the universe than hell itself; and for this very reason it is, ..."
5. The Town Church of Manchester by Thomas Chalmers (1903)
"This class was made up of the gloomier members of the Puritan party. I say "gloomier"
because that is what this hopeful age would call them if they were ..."
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