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Adjectives (15)
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dreary, disconsolate, drear, joyless
adj. causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary
adj. causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
Fuzzynyms (46)
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funereal, sepulchral
adj. suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones"
lugubrious
adj. excessively mournful
melancholy, melancholic
adj. characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"
miserable, suffering, wretched
adj. very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
brokenhearted, heartbroken, heartsick
adj. full of sorrow
woebegone, woeful
adj. affected by or full of grief or woe; "his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone"- George du Maurier
chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen, deflated
adj. brought low in spirit; "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually"
deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched
adj. of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
hopeless
adj. (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform; "she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers"; "he is a hopeless romantic"
mournful, plaintive
adj. expressing sorrow
harsh
adj. disagreeable to the senses; "the harsh cry of a blue jay"; "harsh cognac"; "the harsh white light makes you screw up your eyes"; "harsh irritating smoke filled the hallway"
demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting
adj. destructive of morale and self-reliance
somber, sombre, solemn
adj. grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"
glum
adj. moody and melancholic
dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen
adj. showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"
huffish, sulky
adj. sullen or moody
serious
adj. concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!"
Synonyms (27)
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blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary
adj. causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
gloomy, dismal, sorry
adj. causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
somber, sombre, melancholy
adj. grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"
dreary, disconsolate, drear, joyless
adj. causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
gloomy, dismal, sorry
adj. causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
somber, sombre, melancholy
adj. grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"
Antonyms (2)
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cheerful
adj. being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be"
cheerful
adj. being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be"
drear
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