Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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gloomy

UK /ˈɡluːmi/ · US /ˈɡlumi/ adjective, noun

Forms gloomier gloomiest gloomies

  1. adjective Not very illuminated; dim because of darkness, especially when appearing depressing or frightening. “The cavern was gloomy.”
  2. adjective Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected. “a gloomy temper or countenance”
  3. noun (informal) Someone or something that is gloomy or pessimistic.

Synonyms

dusky dim clouded darksome adumbral blear caliginous cimmerian crepuscular dark darkling dimpsy dingy dull fuliginous infernal leaden lightless mirksome murky glooming gloomful sulky grim blue depressed dispirited down downcast downhearted

Etymology

From gloom + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian glumig (“dark, gloomy”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest shade." Milton.
  2. adjective Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “gloomy”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “gloomy” (best matches first).

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