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Glossy vs Gloomy - What's the difference?

glossy | gloomy |

As adjectives the difference between glossy and gloomy

is that glossy is having a smooth, silklike, reflective surface while gloomy is imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded.

As a noun glossy

is a glossy magazine.

glossy

English

(wikipedia glossy)

Adjective

(er)
  • Having a smooth, silklike, reflective surface.

    • Antonyms

    * matte

    Noun

    (glossies)
  • (chiefly, British, informal) a glossy magazine
    • The supermarket glossies are full of celebrity gossip and fad diets.

    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