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Synonyms for gloomy
The synonym for gloomy recorded in this bank is leaden, in the sense "of the sky, dull, heavy, and grey". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for gloomy
- leadenadjective, in the sense "of the sky, dull, heavy, and grey"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day gloomy is audited in a second meaning.
of the sky, dull, heavy, and grey
Gloomy skies hung over the coast for the entire holiday week.
The true synonym
leaden
Same sentence, swapped: Leaden skies hung over the coast for the entire holiday week.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- translucent
- radiant
- vibrant
Where gloomy turns up in the game
gloomy is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where gloomy is the trap
- dimadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is faint, in the sense "lacking clarity or distinctness", with gloomy sitting one tile away.
- jubilantadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is triumphant, in the sense "feeling or expressing great happiness, especially over a success", and gloomy is on the board beside it.
- stormyadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is tempestuous, in the sense "characterized by violent emotions or behavior", with gloomy sitting one tile away.
- obscureadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is unnoticeable, in the sense "not drawing attention", and gloomy is on the board beside it.
Play gloomy
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so gloomy reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from weather at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. gloomy carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.