dismal (adj.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: blue , dark , dingy , disconsolate , gloomy , grim , sorry , drab , drear , dreary ]

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