dismal
- adjective (adj)
Meaning: bleak, dreary, gloomy
Synonyms:
afflictive
black
boring
cheerless
cloudy
dark
depressed
depressing
desolate
despondent
dim
dingy
disagreeable
discouraging
disheartening
dispiriting
doleful
dolorous
dull
forlorn
frowning
funereal
ghastly
gruesome
hopeless
horrible
horrid
inauspicious
in the pits
joyless
lonesome
lowering
lugubrious
melancholy
miserable
monotonous
morbid
murky
oppressive
overcast
sad
shadowy
somber
sorrowful
tedious
tenebrous
troublesome
unfortunate
unhappy
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