Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Gloomy
Gloomy as a graveyard on a wet Sunday.
—Anonymous
Gloomy as a hobgoblin.
—Charles Dickens
Gloomy outside, like a rusty chest.
—John Dryden
Gloomy as night.
—Homer (Pope)
Begloomed like seas empurpled under cloud.
—Robert Noel
Gloomy and dogged like a dangerous maniac in his cell.
—Charles Reade
Gloomy, like a gathered tempest.
—Isaac Watts