loury
- adjective
- Archaic
:
nublado
- The sky looked loury before the storm.
Examples
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The loury sky made the whole afternoon feel somber and cold.
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His mood was as loury as the weather outside, silent and heavy.
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She looked out the window at the loury clouds gathering above the city.
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She felt loury after hearing the sad news.
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The loury sky made the whole afternoon feel somber and cold.
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She looked out the window at the loury clouds gathering above the city.
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His mood was as loury as the overcast sky, silent and heavy.
Synonyms
377
1.0
Feeling gloomy and sad
73
4.2
Sad and hopeless, making things seem very bad
62
4.5
Making you feel sad and hopeless
44
3.8
A gloomy, boring time that makes you feel sad or tired
23
4.1
Looking or feeling sad and quiet
20
1.4
Covered with clouds that make the sky look dull and gray
16
2.3
Dark and not well lit so a place feels sad
15
7.9
Being quiet and unhappy and showing little interest in others
8
5.0
Cold wet weather that feels unpleasant
4
4.2
Dark and dull in color, not bright
1
5.6
Dark and cloudy, making a place feel gloomy
1
9.9
A dull, cold, and depressing place or scene
1
8.9
Dark and full of shadows in a way that makes you feel sad or scared
Dark and sad in a way that makes you feel unhappy
A cloudy dark sky that looks like it will rain
Very dark, almost black, in color or very sad and gloomy
Feeling a little sad or down
Misty and wet air that makes it hard to see
A place with little light that is damp and unpleasant
Antonyms
How Gloomy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word loury comes from the old verb lour, which meant 'to look dark or gloomy'. Think of it like the familiar word low or lower — a loury sky seems heavy and low, so it feels gloomy and overcast.