Sunny vs Gloomy - What's the difference?
sunny | gloomy |
(of weather or a day) Featuring a lot of sunshine.
(of a place) Receiving a lot of sunshine.
(figuratively, of a person or a person's mood) Cheerful.
* Shakespeare
Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; brilliant; radiant.
* Spenser
* Shakespeare
(US, regional) sunny side up
Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded.
Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected.
As adjectives the difference between sunny and gloomy
is that sunny is featuring a lot of sunshine while gloomy is imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded.As an adverb sunny
is sunny side up.As a noun sunny
is a sunfish.sunny
English
Adjective
(er)- Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain.
- the sunny side of a hill
- I would describe Spain as sunny , but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara.
- a sunny disposition
- My decayed fair / A sunny look of his would soon repair.
- sunny beams
- sunny locks
Synonyms
* bright; sunshiny * (place) sunlit * (person) bright, cheerfulDerived terms
* sunnily * sunniness * sunny side up * unsunnyAdverb
(-)gloomy
English
Adjective
(er)- The cavern was gloomy .
- a gloomy temper or countenance