Meanings
plural gloomsters
- A gloomy, negative person.
As the self-confessed scourge of “doomsters and gloomsters”, the prime minister visibly loathed having to tell the nation in March their local would be shut down by the government – and enjoyed telling them “bustle” can now return to the high street.
2020 June 26, Heather Stewart, “Boris Johnson hopes bullish approach can bring back the 'bustle'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Origin
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gloomster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gloomster
“gloomster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gloomster. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gloomster,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gloomster.
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