Gloomy vs Pensive - What's the difference?
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Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded.
Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected.
Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.
Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 4.
As adjectives the difference between gloomy and pensive
is that gloomy is imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded while pensive is having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.gloomy
English
Adjective
(er)- The cavern was gloomy .
- a gloomy temper or countenance
Synonyms
* See alsopensive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Abstruse thought and profound researches I prohibit, and will severely punish, by the pensive melancholy which they introduce