WorksheetsFiske 8: Gloomy Words
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Gloomy, often to an exaggerated degree; from the Latin for "mournful"
lugubrious
apathetic
Saturnine
miasma
gloomy in a bitter, sarcastic or mocking way; from the name of a Roman god
funereal
dearth
Saturnine
miasma
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
not enough of something, or perhaps none of it at all
morose
dearth
melancholy
sepulchral
an older term for "depression"; based on the root word cholic, or black bile
morose
crapulous
melancholy
sepulchral
descriptive of a burial place, or the mummies one would find there
morose
crapulous
lugubrious
sepulchral
descriptive of someone who is excessivly gloomy or "down in the dumps"
morose
crapulous
lugubrious
apathetic
descriptive of the bad feeling of a hangover, from the Greek root
Saturnine
crapulous
lugubrious
apathetic
a lack of feelings or lack of interest, from the Greek for "no path"
funereal
apathetic
Saturnine
miasma
