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Gloomy vs Disheartened - What's the difference?

gloomy | disheartened |

As adjectives the difference between gloomy and disheartened

is that gloomy is imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded while disheartened is discouraged, despairing.

As a verb disheartened is

(dishearten).

gloomy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded.
    • The cavern was gloomy .
  • Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected.
    • a gloomy temper or countenance

    Synonyms

    * See also

    disheartened

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Discouraged, despairing.
  • * 2004 , , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage :
    • He refused to get disheartened , even when all 50 writers polled by Newsweek predicted he would lose.

    Synonyms

    * dejected, dispirited, down in the mouth, sad, down in the dumps

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dishearten)
    • English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs