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(adj)
(archaic or poetic) gloomy
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Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.
Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
Despondent; moody; sullen.
(poetic, literary) Dreary.
Affected by depression, depressed; dispirited; melancholic.
Seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.
Causing depression or sadness.
Displaying sadness.
Devoid of cheer; gloomy.
Sad and dispirited.
Causing feelings of sadness.
Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.
Lowering the morale of; making despondent or depressive; disheartening.
(by extension) Particularly of color: dull, uninteresting.
Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
Shabby, squalid, uncared-for.
Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
Not cheerful.
(of a person) Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.
(n)
Twilight of morning or evening; the gloaming.
Of a blue hue.
Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.
US standard spelling of sombre. [Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.]
Unhappy; despondent.
Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.
Fascinated by corpses; morbid.
Causing great sadness or suffering.
Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person)
Causing more sober thought or concern.
In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.
Stern, harsh and forbidding.
(informal) Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.
Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst.
Causing distress; upsetting; distressful.
Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental.
Causing disappointment.
Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
Boring; not exciting or interesting.
Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
In shadow; darkened by shadows.
Having an absence of light, such as at night-time.
Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
Slow; having little motion.
(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
Inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way; strange, weird.
Marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune.
Tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation.
Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
Of low quality.
(Commonwealth spelling) Alternative spelling of lackluster. [Lacking brilliance or intelligence.]
Plain in appearance; barren, desolate.
Difficult to understand; abstruse.
(informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
Not happy; sad.
Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.
(of any physical thing) Having great weight.
Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.
Not bright or colorful.
Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.
Stormy, of rough weather; not clement.
Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful.
Characterized by melancholy.
Of a colour between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.
Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
Filled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness.
Gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
Pitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.
Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
Solemnly or ponderously sad.
Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
Gloomy.
(literary, poetic) Characterized by darkness; gloomy, obscure.
(literary, also figurative) Dark and gloomy; obscure.
Gloomy; sombre.
A surname.
Dim, dark, or obscure
Somewhat gloomy.
Of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind; dim-sighted.
(literature) The literary genre of speculative fiction that is amoral, dystopian, or violent.
Dimly illuminated.
Filled with doom and gloom: depressing or pessimistic
Characterised or marked by gloom
Producing darkness, obscuring; (loosely) gloomy.
Abounding with clouds, clouded, cloudy.
The act of something being lowered.
(by extension) Deeply serious and sombre; grave.
Alternative form of lowery [Dark and gloomy; threatening; lowering.]
Gloomy, pessimistic about the future.
(countable and uncountable) A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
Pertaining to or resembling lead; grey, heavy, sluggish.
Somewhat bleak.
Alternative form of tenebrous. [(literary, also figurative) Dark and gloomy; obscure.]