Noun: gloomy goose
| Singular | gloomy goose |
| Plural | gloomy geese |
Sample Sentences
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Staring out at the distant horizon, she said, "I'm sorry, Erin. I didn't mean to be such a gloomy goose. I'm truly happy for you." [1984, Luanne Walden, Forbidden Flame, Kensington Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, page 490:]
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Lucy was strangely cheerful, animated with the sort of optimism that only a Hollywood scriptwriter could shamelessly contrive. "Come on, Eye-vin, don't be such a Gloomy Goose. We fought the good fight. Look on the bright side." [2000, J. Lilly, The Cold Zone, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 115:]
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"No. There isn't. Now, you. Why are you such a gloomy goose? I mean, the two of you got to play a real, live game of Pat the Bunny." I said it with a wicked grin that she managed to ignore. [2021, A. K. Pittman, Pudge and Prejudice, Tyndale House Publishers, →ISBN, pages 164–165:]
Nouns inflected like gloomy goose
rood goose,
rock goose,
Solent goose,
rot-goose,
Egyptian goose,
snow goose,
spur-winged goose,
green goose,
Michigoose,
green pygmy goose,
cotton pygmy goose,
bar-headed goose,
brant goose,
watchgoose,
Emden goose,
emmer-goose,
New Zealand goose,
Magellan goose,
African pygmy goose,
gone goose, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From gloomy + goose.