Fiske 8: Gloomy Words

Gloomy, often to an exaggerated degree; from the Latin for "mournful"

• lugubrious

• apathetic

• Saturnine

• miasma

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

gloomy in a bitter, sarcastic or mocking way; from the name of a Roman god

• funereal

• dearth

• Saturnine

• miasma

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

a poisonous atmosphere or influence; from Greek for "pollution" or "stain"

• funereal

• dearth

• melancholy

• miasma

related to the grief and gloom of a burial ceremony

• funereal

• dearth

• melancholy

• sepulchral

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

not enough of something, or perhaps none of it at all

• morose

• dearth

• melancholy

• sepulchral

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

an older term for "depression"; based on the root word cholic, or black bile

• morose

• crapulous

• melancholy

• sepulchral

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

descriptive of a burial place, or the mummies one would find there

• morose

• crapulous

• lugubrious

• sepulchral

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

descriptive of someone who is excessivly gloomy or "down in the dumps"

• morose

• crapulous

• lugubrious

• apathetic

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

descriptive of the bad feeling of a hangover, from the Greek root

• Saturnine

• crapulous

• lugubrious

• apathetic

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

a lack of feelings or lack of interest, from the Greek for "no path"

• funereal

• apathetic

• Saturnine

• miasma

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B