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