Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sloomy

/ˈslu.mi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sloomy
IPA: /ˈslu.mi/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

British usage

Example Sentences

""Besides, if you get, you'll never be able to hold it down — a sloomy gal like you." The applicant was only too much afraid that it must be so. She had very little confidence in herself."
"[…] we would gladly soodle a sloomy way home with a burred moon over us and the fern-owls chittering in the pingles and the holts."
"He moaned and complained in a sloomy way, but was too slurry-witted to do more. With his head down, his eyes closed, he muttered her name […]"

Etymology

From sloom + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sloom

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

more sloomy (comparative) most sloomy (superlative)

Rhymes With

gloomy roomy roomie doomy boomy cumae rheumy bloomy zoomy spumy fumy broomy

Questions

How do you pronounce sloomy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈslu.mi/.
What does sloomy mean?: sluggish; slow
Where does sloomy come from?: From sloom + -y.

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