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What is another word for
a bleak
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Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature
Harsh, oppressive, and difficult to bear or endure
(
of a landscape
)
Desolate and barren
Uncomfortably or unpleasantly cold
Characterized by windy or stormy conditions
Improbable or unlikely in outcome
Having a feeling of despondency, especially due to pessimism
Causing distress, sadness or anxiety
Having a plain and unadorned appearance
Relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance
(
of the weather
)
Dark, cloudy or overcast
Having no shine or luster
Making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise
Displaying a lack of sympathy, empathy or general emotions
Experiencing or showing doubt or skepticism
Beyond all hope
Boring or severely lacking in interest
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Adjective
▲
Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature
dismal
gloomy
sombre
UK
dreary
miserable
depressing
cheerless
dark
somber
US
desolate
funereal
comfortless
solemn
grim
forlorn
wretched
morose
glum
sullen
depressive
dire
morbid
sad
disconsolate
drear
melancholy
cold
joyless
godforsaken
lugubrious
gray
US
sepulchral
tenebrous
disheartening
drab
murky
tenebrific
grey
UK
saturnine
mournful
lonely
plutonian
darkening
lonesome
hopeless
chill
discouraging
elegiac
elegiacal
dreich
unfavourable
UK
sunless
ominous
unfavorable
US
cloudy
uninviting
Cimmerian
foreboding
inauspicious
unpropitious
unpromising
disadvantageous
portentous
black
doleful
unhappy
dull
dispiriting
depressed
sorrowful
unwelcoming
dolorous
blue
dour
woeful
melancholic
dejected
woebegone
despondent
dingy
grave
austere
pathetic
abject
crestfallen
oppressive
stark
humorless
US
humourless
UK
inhospitable
downcast
sorry
heartrending
heartbreaking
dim
saddening
pessimistic
rueful
forbidding
piteous
down in the mouth
down in the dumps
sedate
bare
moody
serious
sober
clinical
spiritless
impersonal
distressed
uncomfortable
institutional
teary
tearful
down
mirthless
in the dumps
mourning
afflicted
stern
cast down
drearisome
down-and-out
severe
poor
dirgelike
pitiable
bland
pitiful
bad
dejecting
draggy
mopey
acheronian
distressing
dispirited
wintery
UK
wintry
US
jarring
chap-fallen
hurting
harsh
earnest
weighty
foul
lamenting
overcast
unsmiling
staid
dirge-like
moping
execrable
rotten
lamentable
disagreeable
filthy
sourpuss
muted
subdued
downhearted
detestable
stony-faced
no-nonsense
poker-faced
lousy
in low spirits
doom-laden
low
despairing
in the pits
long-faced
low-spirited
uncaring
sordid
unimpassioned
brooding
poignant
plaintive
deplorable
hard
nostalgic
Eeyorish
gaunt
exequial
maudlin
funebrial
deathlike
unmoved
taciturn
troubled
threnodic
threnodial
God-awful
downbeat
disappointing
obscure
deathly
hollow
Stygian
spartan
moving
touching
in a blue funk
doomy
squalid
acherontic
full of despair
heartbroken
trashy
shoddy
inferior
unpleasant
terrible
grievous
looking on the black side
inconsolable
worthless
indigent
scungy
impoverished
destitute
displeasing
derisory
sorrowing
anguished
grieving
oppressed
weary
dragged
crabbed
mopish
surly
chapfallen
broody
ugly
sulky
devastated
blue funk
saddened
brokenhearted
heavyhearted
droopy
heartsick
hangdog
heartsore
choked
poverty-stricken
gutted
powerless
calamitous
helpless
bummed
tragic
downtrodden
sour
hapless
broken-hearted
grief-stricken
cut up
catastrophic
apocalyptic
doom and gloom
gloom and doom
more ❯
“Conditions are so
bleak
in so many areas that we seem on the verge of a social emergency.”
Adjective
▲
Harsh, oppressive, and difficult to bear or endure
grim
harsh
severe
hard
tough
oppressive
forbidding
austere
grievous
rough
threatening
brutal
dire
rugged
trying
bad
bitter
inhospitable
ominous
disagreeable
hostile
onerous
terrible
distressing
burdensome
sinister
awful
excruciating
heavy
dour
taxing
unpleasant
grave
harrowing
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
adverse
dismal
difficult
cruel
worrying
stiff
perilous
inauspicious
inhuman
troublesome
wretched
horrendous
horrible
horrifying
direful
weighty
dreadful
stressful
cheerless
injurious
searing
miserable
morbid
murderous
hardhanded
objectionable
nightmarish
backbreaking
parlous
treacherous
troubling
hefty
woeful
abominable
appalling
atrocious
disconcerting
execrable
foul
fraught
galling
hellacious
horrid
horrific
poor
rotten
torturous
unpalatable
unsettling
rough going
spartan
dark
unfriendly
menacing
unwelcoming
dangerous
fierce
uncomfortable
comfortless
hazardous
arduous
problematic
tricky
desolate
precarious
foreboding
ferocious
sticky
awkward
tight
delicate
prickly
thorny
stark
hairy
irksome
challenging
bothersome
knotty
discomforting
exacting
critical
problematical
dodgy
iffy
savage
biting
disturbing
dubious
punishing
sombre
UK
somber
US
uninviting
straitened
tortuous
inimical
rigorous
daunting
inclement
intemperate
stringent
upsetting
vexatious
ghastly
wild
chancy
worrisome
ticklish
concerning
crushing
unendurable
angry
suspect
questionable
grinding
raging
painful
disastrous
stormy
gloomy
malevolent
baleful
turbulent
murky
tumultuous
volatile
controversial
sensitive
intolerable
Spartan
insufferable
barren
bare-bones
overwhelming
unbearable
wearing
disadvantageous
frightful
serious
intimidating
fearsome
terrifying
frightening
disquieting
jarring
negative
solemn
intense
untoward
depressing
significant
acute
considerable
life-threatening
agonising
UK
unrelenting
inexorable
scabrous
stern
consequential
major
big
peracute
excessive
extreme
intensive
ugly
sobering
strenuous
toilsome
sober
calamitous
agonizing
US
hair-raising
demanding
gruelling
UK
grueling
US
laborious
tiring
exhausting
testing
uphill
wearisome
draining
back-breaking
formidable
wearying
fatiguing
tedious
exigent
sapping
hellish
killer
unforgiving
crippling
tiresome
herculean
moiling
effortful
merciless
strict
unsparing
enervating
sweaty
draconian
pitiless
relentless
ruthless
debilitating
tormenting
killing
tall
Herculean
traumatic
unmerciful
painstaking
bruising
ambitious
ponderous
mean
drastic
distressful
vexing
vicious
depleting
operose
unyielding
nerve-racking
tyrannical
nasty
immoderate
exasperating
unkind
heavy-handed
punitive
persnickety
mighty
wicked
swingeing
colossal
Augean
titanic
toilful
cumbersome
upstream
vigorous
pick-and-shovel
hard-hearted
gargantuan
barbarous
labored
US
laboured
UK
tense
energy-consuming
callous
exorbitant
violent
rigid
abusive
brutish
steep
unfeeling
heartless
repressive
uncompromising
sharp
frustrating
pressured
agitating
enervative
flinty
afflicting
impossible
unsympathetic
prohibitive
torturesome
remorseless
immense
unremitting
staggering
gigantic
knackering
high-pressure
shattering
really hard
very hard
weary
unreasonable
aggravating
inconvenient
annoying
barbaric
sadistic
forceful
inhumane
superincumbent
inordinate
anxious
undue
poignant
intolerant
maleficent
strong
nagging
unconscionable
tyrannous
imperious
overweening
towering
extravagant
pestilent
substantial
baroque
devilish
implacable
hectic
unsavoury
UK
yukky
hurtful
unwelcome
distasteful
yucky
chilling
displeasing
unpleasing
unsavory
US
overextravagant
overmuch
overdue
insane
plethoric
authoritarian
offensive
great
racking
gross
thorough
pressing
insensitive
unbending
no-nonsense
hard-nosed
harmful
whopping
gruff
improper
nerve-wracking
backbreaker
cold-blooded
gut-wrenching
dicey
easier said than done
slavish
drudgy
unnerving
tough going
worksome
uphill battle
hard-won
no picnic
marathon
difficile
anxiety-ridden
problem
not easy
almighty
domineering
fell
unfair
drudging
embittering
rduous
wolfish
truculent
stretching
unjust
thoroughgoing
tempestuous
strained
no piece of cake
despotic
dictatorial
piercing
a stinker of a
suppressive
shocking
penetrating
unpitying
ramrod
illiberal
emotionally draining
difficult going
rough seas
character-building
hard going
wrenching
stinging
burning
consuming
blistering
cutting
high-impact
like getting blood out of a stone
time-consuming
pounding
hard-boiled
cold
radical
heartbreaking
hard-shell
heart-rending
unhappy
sour
heartrending
uncongenial
unlovely
tragic
sad
hardheaded
intractable
headstrong
icky
sore
mortifying
provoking
afflictive
uncharitable
stony-hearted
compassionless
desensitized
US
cold-hearted
stonyhearted
stoney
hardhearted
browbeating
ironfisted
affectless
desensitised
UK
take-no-prisoners
bullying
ironhearted
very bad
robust
desperate
humourless
UK
sedate
humorless
US
staid
sobersided
momentous
far-reaching
irritating
zealous
unmitigated
unusual
exaggerated
outrageous
exceptional
unsmiling
obdurate
uncomic
astringent
fanatical
egregious
downright
unconventional
flagrant
overkill
uncommon
absolute
remarkable
unseemly
preposterous
malicious
spiteful
imprudent
nonsensical
fabulous
lavish
fancy
irrational
utter
sheer
maddening
carking
perturbing
a nuisance
vile
out-and-out
O.T.T.
too much
over the top
out of proportion
an imposition
po-faced
beastly
malignant
infuriating
harassing
discomposing
unrefined
pesky
rude
coarse
alarming
troublous
pestiferous
uncouth
plaguy
pestilential
niggling
loutish
uncultured
crude
messy
churlish
ungracious
infestive
damaging
brusque
vulgar
blunt
curt
impolite
boorish
uncivil
crass
discourteous
ill-bred
ribald
indecent
oafish
lewd
profane
indecorous
unpolished
indelicate
bluff
obscene
uncultivated
ill-mannered
unmannerly
bearish
dirty
inconsiderate
bawdy
inelegant
roughcast
vulgarian
filthy
untutored
louring
bad-mannered
steely
tasteless
foul-mouthed
ungentle
artless
insensible
unceremonious
lowbrow
common
lowbred
loud
roughneck
incult
unladylike
lowering
ungentlemanly
raffish
more ❯
“Young unskilled workers were repeatedly going on strike, not for higher wages, but against the
bleak
working conditions.”
Adjective
▲
(
of a landscape
)
Desolate and barren
bare
desolate
barren
stark
desert
arid
windswept
inhospitable
sterile
empty
harsh
austere
uninviting
deserted
unwelcoming
uninhabitable
defoliated
denuded
forestless
raw
treeless
gaunt
unwooded
blank
deforested
isolated
spartan
stripped
wild
weather-beaten
without vegetation
infertile
unproductive
waste
dead
impoverished
exposed
unprotected
unfruitful
windy
unfertile
boney
bony
poor
uncultivatable
hardscrabble
fallow
hostile
forbidding
severe
open to the elements
dismal
grim
uncultivable
unvegetated
lonely
dry as dust
effete
depleted
parched
unbearing
blowy
windblown
unsheltered
fruitless
lifeless
impotent
dry
nonreproductive
non-productive
non-fertile
uninhabited
dormant
infecund
vacant
without life
without living things
unyielding
exhausted
solitary
unprolific
lean
stagnant
free
idle
unused
more ❯
“Infinitely lonely, the
bleak
landscape is a reflection of the artist's own melancholy.”
Adjective
▲
Uncomfortably or unpleasantly cold
chilly
cold
harsh
raw
bitter
nipping
sharp
wintery
UK
wintry
US
chill
keen
nippy
penetrating
piercing
biting
chilling
freezing
frigid
frosty
icy
icy-cold
rough
stinging
parky
glacial
arctic
polar
gelid
cool
snappy
shivery
numbing
coldish
coolish
bitterly cold
bone-chilling
ice-cold
cutting
algid
Siberian
brumal
crisp
frozen
severe
brisk
rimy
snowy
frore
sub-zero
hard
extreme
subzero
intense
chilled
fresh
icebox
shrewd
smarting
refrigerated
cold as ice
nasty
inclement
boreal
hiemal
hawkish
fierce
breezy
antarctic
shivering
chilled to the bone
freezing cold
bracing
knifelike
painful
uncomfortable
discomforting
draughty
UK
intemperate
wild
blowy
icicled
drafty
US
hoar
intensely cold
ice-capped
snithy
unpleasant
perishing
hibernal
hyperboreal
Hyperborean
very cold
frost-bound
three-dog night
extremely cold
hyperborean
benumbed
blasting
iced
sleety
two-dog night
one-dog night
below freezing
below zero
frosted
ice-covered
numb
white
hypothermic
siberian
glassy
frozen over
ice-bound
iced up
iced over
refreshing
brass monkeys
unheated
invigorating
US
frigorific
algific
acute
circumpolar
air-conditioned
envigorating
UK
slushy
frozen to the marrow
stormy
blizzardlike
slippery
slippy
sleeted
smooth as glass
frost-covered
like a sheet of glass
more ❯
“January was dimming into the equally cold,
bleak
abyss of New England weather that was February.”
Adjective
▲
Characterized by windy or stormy conditions
stormy
tempestuous
inclement
squally
rough
foul
turbulent
nasty
dirty
raw
severe
windy
blustery
wild
rainy
raging
gusty
tumultuous
howling
stormful
blustering
unpleasant
thundery
choppy
rugged
blowy
roaring
violent
cold
boisterous
wet
angry
disagreeable
filthy
bad
bitter
furious
murky
menacing
storming
damp
intemperate
agitated
storm-wracked
torrid
harsh
intense
foggy
threatening
extreme
overcast
gloomy
misty
rigorous
heavy
louring
savage
vehement
breezy
storm-tossed
ferocious
gusting
volatile
heaving
cyclonic
fierce
hazardous
risky
swirling
thunderous
boiling
disturbed
forbidding
vile
rough-and-tumble
wind-swept
unsettled
frigid
coming down
raining cats and dogs
drizzly
hard
brutal
wintry
US
chilly
freezing
icy
snowy
wintery
UK
strong
powerful
roily
forceful
bumpy
restless
ruffled
airy
blistering
roiled
cloudy
miserable
raucous
fresh
riotous
windswept
blusterous
troubled
gray
US
dark
chill
grey
UK
hellacious
draughty
UK
frenzied
destructive
bracing
blowing
drafty
US
jerky
jouncy
typhonic
acute
rolly
explosive
almighty
stiff
herky-jerky
stirred up
tremulous
dangerous
wuthering
flapping
brisk
broken
wavy
ripply
full of waves
potent
uncontrollable
titanic
mighty
crushing
forcible
stark
powerhouse
dreadful
intensive
devastating
sharp
overpowering
high
overwhelming
chaotic
volcanic
terrible
vicious
exquisite
fearsome
ghastly
fearful
frightful
tough
trying
cacophonous
jarring
oppressive
stridulent
buffeting
grim
cruel
onerous
heavy-duty
grievous
excruciating
burdensome
murderous
searing
inhuman
hardhanded
punishing
unforgiving
more ❯
“A change to milder weather would be very acceptable, but at the moment there seems no indication of any break in the
bleak
conditions.”
Adjective
▲
Improbable or unlikely in outcome
improbable
unlikely
doubtful
questionable
dubious
inconceivable
suspect
far-fetched
not likely
implausible
unbelievable
incredible
fanciful
unthinkable
unimaginable
flimsy
weak
slim
rare
debatable
unsubstantial
unapt
unimagined
iffy
impracticable
uncertain
difficult to believe
not expected
unheard of
slim and none
hundred-to-one
unconvincing
fantastic
preposterous
absurd
unrealistic
impossible
ridiculous
fishy
hard to swallow
fantastical
incredulous
uncompelling
farfetched
outlandish
remote
ludicrous
beyond belief
bizarre
dubitable
thin
illogical
extraordinary
tenuous
unconceivable
poor
unreasonable
nonsensical
false
suspicious
outrageous
incongruous
cock and bull
disputable
outside
faint
exaggerated
sensational
strange
distant
slight
feeble
tall
cock-and-bull
extravagant
incogitable
off
beyond the bounds of possibility
scarcely credible
fabricated
incoherent
mind-boggling
frail
uncommon
unpersuasive
untenable
full of holes
hard to believe
equivocal
unreal
problematic
far out
inadequate
embellished
misleading
astonishing
astounding
won't wash
fragile
farcical
laughable
off the wall
lame
hyperbolic
staggering
distorted
unreliable
reachy
out of the question
shady
arguable
meager
US
labored
US
laboured
UK
meagre
UK
insubstantial
queer
shaky
vague
small
negligible
marginal
incomprehensible
doubtable
hard to take
full of it
slender
overblown
won't hold water
unusual
cockamamie
out of the ordinary
untruthful
untrue
spectacular
weird
highly unlikely
make-believe
unique
pathetic
irrational
wild
puzzling
fabulous
embroidered
peculiar
odd
obscure
unsound
shallow
curious
strained
untrustworthy
singular
amazing
sketchy
crazy
wacky
unheard-of
artificial
oddball
too much
mind-blowing
phony
US
phoney
UK
for the birds
tiny
off-the-wall
minimal
not on
inconsiderable
flawed
beyond the realm of reason
faraway
far
contradictory
dishonest
groundless
scarce
unsatisfactory
exceptional
inconsequential
eccentric
contrived
histrionic
unnatural
elaborate
invented
breathtaking
faulty
imaginary
unachievable
forced
unplausible
nebulous
unattainable
undependable
whimsical
unordinary
hollow
fallacious
unknowable
unworkable
blown up
insufficient
insupposable
illusory
minute
self-contradictory
grandiose
visionary
superficial
unobtainable
hopeless
foolish
comical
unrealizable
made-up
hallucinatory
vapid
dodgy
suppositious
reaching
infeasible
problematical
not in the least likely
flat
unsuitable
flakey
US
flaky
UK
insignificant
unacceptable
little
hare-brained
not worth considering
outlying
not feasible
beyond one
open to doubt
not remotely possible
remarkable
unexpected
wondrous
complicated
overdone
hokey
phenomenal
unbelieveable
exiguous
unsubstantiated
inconclusive
shonky
uncredible
caricatural
unicorn
threadbare
rings phony
fairy-tale
beyond possibility
unsustainable
unsupportable
specious
invalid
irreconcilable
senseless
indefensible
spurious
increditable
not able to hold water
airy
illegitimate
unreasoning
nutty
vain
inconsequent
nonrational
fatuous
unfounded
unreasoned
unimpressive
contrary
untoward
nominal
isolated
paltry
baseless
unwonted
uncanny
especial
atypical
offbeat
abnormal
aberrated
aberrant
freak
anomalous
insane
imcomprehensible
weak-kneed
outside chance
ungrounded
less likely
gnarly
harebrained
moot
stupendous
mysterious
undecided
unconfirmed
speculative
unsettled
unsure
kooky
scatterbrained
cockeyed
lamebrained
screwy
tame
mad
indecisive
dicey
fractional
imperceptible
diminished
mootable
assailable
extremely implausible
extremely unlikely
extremely doubtful
beyond reason
won't fly
extremely difficult to believe
erratic
romantic
capricious
ambitious
zany
not to be thought of
long shot
fat chance
faltering
half-hearted
illusive
barmy
different
potty
daft
extreme
eye-popping
jaw-dropping
past belief
outré
half-baked
on thin ice
touch-and-go
up in the air
under suspicion
not kosher
not convincing
fictitious
out of sight
cock-eyed
chimerical
imagined
indescribable
pretend
chimeric
imaginal
ineffable
unutterable
imaginative
unspeakable
allegorical
nonexistent
supposititious
fictive
pretended
mock
overwhelming
figmental
fake
untold
created
inapprehensible
impalpable
sham
faux
unverifiable
legendary
unhistoric
unhistorical
undreamed-of
unthought of
non-existent
undreamed of
beyond one's wildest dreams
not understandable
more ❯
“I thought that I would work at the company forever, but little did I know that the prospects of that happening were
bleak
.”
Adjective
▲
Having a feeling of despondency, especially due to pessimism
despondent
pessimistic
depressed
dejected
downhearted
despairing
forlorn
hopeless
negative
downbeat
demoralised
UK
demoralized
US
sorrowful
disheartened
resigned
discouraged
sullen
doubtful
gloomy
melancholy
dismal
disconsolate
black
morose
miserable
cheerless
desolate
sad
glum
defeatist
dark
wretched
dreary
cynical
unhappy
doleful
lugubrious
depressing
funereal
grim
fatalistic
sombre
UK
mournful
downcast
gloom-ridden
morbid
foreboding
somber
US
blue
cold
joyless
discouraging
comfortless
drear
melancholic
heartbroken
godforsaken
dolorous
sepulchral
saturnine
solemn
inconsolable
gray
US
elegiac
elegiacal
depressive
grey
UK
dreich
troubled
woebegone
brokenhearted
disheartening
alarmist
down
dispirited
broken-hearted
unfortunate
down in the dumps
distressed
grave
anguished
dispiriting
murky
darkening
plutonian
abject
chill
dire
suspicious
oppressive
distrustful
unenthusiastic
doubting
low-spirited
grief-stricken
Cimmerian
cloudy
low
down in the mouth
crestfallen
woeful
in pain
desperate
unfavourable
UK
unfavorable
US
drab
sorry
tenebrous
tenebrific
bearish
dim
ominous
worrying
lonesome
sunless
harsh
bitter
austere
horrid
lonely
inauspicious
long-faced
chilly
unpropitious
Eeyorish
unpromising
doomed
given to looking on the black side
sorrowing
oppressed
saddened
upset
pained
heartsick
heavyhearted
heartsore
droopy
weary
hangdog
uninviting
sunk
tearful
heavy-hearted
hurting
in despair
cast down
disadvantageous
shot down
bummed out
long-suffering
portentous
unhopeful
devastated
helpless
tragic
bad
unmitigable
in the doldrums
teary
dragged
fed up
without hope
chap-fallen
in the pits
in the dumps
up the creek
grieving
sinister
deathly
Stygian
mourning
horrible
distressing
misanthropic
worried
atrocious
looking on the dark side
looking on the black side
brooding
chapfallen
heartrending
saddening
heartbreaking
in low spirits
sunk in gloom
adverse
sorry for yourself
down-in-the-mouth
regretful
jinxed
grumpy
lachrymose
cursed
unencouraging
unoptimistic
mirthless
infelicitous
dubious
in a blue funk
destroyed
out of sorts
down and out
bleeding
let-down
not happy
creepy
baleful
ill-fated
ill-omened
off-putting
suicidal
anxious
dismissive
anti
unwilling
antipathetic
uncooperative
weighed down
nowhere to go
at the end of your tether
at end of one's rope
unconstructive
obstructive
resistive
resisting
balky
cool
weak
uninterested
disappointed
crushed
unresponsive
moody
spiritless
choked
apathetic
mopey
mopish
broody
dashed
shamefaced
clouded
dampened
atrabilious
drooping
sagging
brassed off
cheesed off
all torn up
sick as a parrot
more ❯
“I was now feeling
bleak
about my prospects.”
Adjective
▲
Causing distress, sadness or anxiety
dreadful
unfortunate
tragic
distressing
dire
woeful
lamentable
grievous
miserable
grim
appalling
deplorable
regrettable
heartbreaking
sad
wretched
dismal
harrowing
upsetting
distressful
painful
disturbing
heartrending
unlucky
agonizing
US
traumatic
difficult
worrying
bitter
troublesome
depressing
gloomy
disquieting
shocking
pitiful
cheerless
poor
sombre
UK
troubling
disheartening
somber
US
tragical
tormenting
hopeless
unsettling
unhappy
doleful
dreary
disappointing
perturbing
discomforting
sorry
excruciating
hurtful
stressful
alarming
morose
nasty
discouraging
poignant
worrisome
afflicting
joyless
saddening
desolate
frightening
sorrowful
oppressive
comfortless
glum
unnerving
pitiable
vexatious
melancholy
drab
crushing
discomposing
dispiriting
rueful
afflictive
depressive
troublous
agitating
melancholic
funereal
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
disconsolate
nagging
dejecting
dispirited
dolesome
dolorous
mirthless
agonising
UK
cold
confronting
lachrymose
heart-rending
gut-wrenching
nerve-racking
heart-breaking
nail-biting
nerve-wracking
heart-wrenching
macabre
horrific
dark
awful
ghastly
bad
terrible
unpleasant
nightmarish
gruesome
horrid
horrible
horrifying
grisly
morbid
horrendous
grave
loathsome
frightful
unfavourable
UK
unfavorable
US
solemn
daunting
severe
disconcerting
forbidding
black
objectionable
lurid
monstrous
sullen
drear
unpropitious
inauspicious
harsh
uncomfortable
irksome
shadowy
foreboding
eerie
sepulchral
disagreeable
chilling
hostile
distasteful
terrifying
revolting
unpalatable
mournful
ominous
atrocious
torturous
grotesque
rotten
cruel
gory
hard
adverse
foul
spooky
gray
US
spookish
grey
UK
austere
unwelcome
fearsome
galling
hideous
ghostly
scary
pitiless
execrable
lousy
hairy
sickening
direful
displeasing
hellacious
dingy
tenebrous
stark
pathetic
offensive
abominable
vile
ill-fated
fraught
unearthly
inhospitable
inopportune
calamitous
disastrous
mean
sick
vicious
savage
oppressed
brutal
impoverished
ill-omened
disadvantageous
sinister
nightmare
grewsome
hellish
perilous
parlous
untimely
repugnant
weird
shady
lugubrious
murky
unpromising
uninviting
off-putting
infelicitous
forlorn
tough
ill-boding
ruthless
merciless
repulsive
threatening
cataclysmic
negative
dour
exacting
exigent
terrific
catastrophic
discommodious
baleful
unhealthy
depressed
bodeful
unfriendly
baneful
sinistrous
dangerous
undesirable
doubtful
death-obsessed
troubled
dismaying
ill-starred
sober
frustrating
mortifying
humourless
UK
humorless
US
menacing
distressed
vexing
piteous
blue
abject
abhorrent
unamusing
aggravating
uncongenial
unpleasing
poverty-stricken
repellent
untoward
unkind
colorless
US
colourless
UK
diabolic
perverted
portentous
luckless
dull
doomed
God-awful
tearful
diabolical
ghoulish
twisted
teary
afflicted
cursed
hapless
forsaken
awkward
destitute
unprosperous
ruinous
jinxed
lacklustre
UK
deep
lackluster
US
straitened
dim
hard-pressed
tortured
harmful
unexciting
full of hardship
blah
uninteresting
uninspiring
out of luck
strained
boring
monotonous
treacherous
injurious
in a bad way
lonely
pressing
precarious
lifeless
messy
jeopardous
apocalyptic
rocky
humdrum
very bad
pained
anguished
stony
heavy
moving
thrilling
sedate
trying
taxing
serious
derisible
plangent
pensive
godforsaken
squalid
sordid
tear-jerking
disgusting
sadistic
testing
inferior
sorrowing
nauseating
unsuited
indigent
scurvy
intolerable
scungy
detestable
irritable
bewildering
deathly
gross
devilish
inconvenient
mephitical
repellant
annoying
perplexing
revulsive
irritating
cynical
inapt
unsuitable
inappropriate
unseasonable
minatory
sickly
doomy
unappealing
cataclysmal
ill-suited
ill
disenchanting
unappetizing
sour
devastating
fateful
unattractive
evil
fatalistic
impending
unchancy
untempting
desperate
unwelcoming
heinous
unenticing
dystopian
destructive
unspeakable
anti-utopian
gut-churning
spine-chilling
from hell
sick-making
spine-tingling
dubious
unhopeful
godawful
abysmal
ugly
unbearable
pernicious
noxious
deadly
affecting
unsavory
US
unsavoury
UK
shameful
dirty
egregious
odious
obnoxious
chronic
unsatisfactory
unacceptable
scandalous
crummy
nauseous
sucky
stinking
extreme
fierce
crippling
damaging
deleterious
regretful
intense
icky
inimical
yukky
yucky
malicious
unlovely
detrimental
nocuous
beastly
wicked
malefic
plaintive
unrelenting
rough
unwholesome
obscene
noisome
rancid
hateful
fulsome
acute
dislikable
ignominious
unlikable
substandard
grubby
cheap
scummy
lame
inadequate
sneaking
despicable
contemptible
ratty
cruddy
scabby
paltry
inexcusable
meagre
UK
hurting
meager
US
god-awful
strong
overwhelming
touching
fatal
reprehensible
disgraceful
blameworthy
wrong
desolating
ill-advised
too bad
damning
devastative
annihilatory
embarrassing
shattering
blighting
murderous
onerous
burdensome
relentless
stiff
hardhanded
inhuman
rugged
searing
ferocious
earth-shattering
sore
remorseless
great
hard-hearted
intemperate
provoking
rigorous
inclement
unendurable
charged
tense
uneasy
undermining
unsafe
insidious
lethal
incendiary
imperilling
UK
prejudicial
toxic
subversive
imperiling
US
malignant
uncool
grotty
grody
heartbroken
thorny
sticky
concerning
dejected
despondent
tickly
flustering
discomfiting
tricky
downcast
down
prickly
bumpy
downhearted
grieving
woebegone
agonized
US
crestfallen
wailing
causing discomfort
ill-fitting
itchy
incommodious
wearisome
scratchy
despairing
heartsick
bewailing
extremely bad
bemoaning
weeping
heartsore
deploring
aching
fearful
intimidating
formidable
redoubtable
weepy
dolent
dread
ruthful
critical
down in the mouth
heavy-hearted
agonised
UK
down in the dumps
funeral
grief-stricken
outrageous
maleficent
poisonous
irretrievable
oppressing
hair-raising
prejudicious
wounding
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having a plain and unadorned appearance
austere
plain
simple
stark
basic
subdued
bald
bare
functional
modest
spartan
clinical
muted
restrained
unornamented
barren
spare
unadorned
uncluttered
undecorated
unembellished
unfurnished
clean
sparse
Spartan
unfussy
unostentatious
no frills
without frills
bare-bones
no-frills
severe
harsh
ascetic
impersonal
characterless
chaste
au naturel
soulless
colourless
UK
antiseptic
colorless
US
monastic
unvarnished
plain vanilla
naked
understated
unpretentious
unpatterned
homely
unsophisticated
unelaborate
homespun
penny plain
uncomplicated
stripped down
conservative
no-nonsense
discreet
classic
straightforward
everyday
workaday
honest
patternless
unaffected
raw
without ornamentation
economical
ultra-plain
rustic
puritanical
unembroidered
frugal
dry
utilitarian
generic
moderate
minimum
essential
unadulterated
minimal
undisguised
brutal
unveiled
bare bones
threadbare
meager
US
measly
meagre
UK
classical
minimalist
cut down
homestyle
without ornament
plain-vanilla
peasant
inelegant
unpolished
homey
dull
bland
artless
ordinary
featureless
neutral
indistinctive
rough and ready
nondescript
noncommittal
faceless
beige
boring
humble
unexciting
inelaborate
folksy
normophilic
elementary
insipid
vanilla
your basic
pure and simple
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance
dour
stern
grim
severe
forbidding
serious
fierce
austere
steely
gruff
solemn
flinty
grave
unsmiling
sour
sullen
surly
somber
US
sober
intimidating
sombre
UK
ungentle
sulky
louring
glum
stark
gloomy
lowering
unfriendly
rough
morose
crabbed
harsh
uncommunicative
frowning
dismal
saturnine
stony
rugged
disapproving
hard
unsympathetic
dreary
dejected
melancholic
stringent
ugly
poker-faced
mean-looking
hard-faced
humourless
UK
staid
sobersided
humorless
US
unhumorous
earnest
sedate
po-faced
serious-minded
no-nonsense
ferocious
uninviting
formidable
distant
unapproachable
aloof
threatening
strict
churlish
sinister
menacing
grumpy
fell
savage
stiff
cross
resolute
scowling
cantankerous
glowering
vicious
gray
US
splenetic
grey
UK
truculent
grouchy
crusty
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
boot-faced
uncomic
intense
weighty
grim-faced
quiet
frightening
cold
deadpan
fiery
icy
frosty
frigid
fearsome
unrestrained
callous
fiendish
frightful
pitiless
long-faced
stony-faced
cutthroat
horrible
hellish
venomous
ill-humored
US
downbeat
subdued
sad
ill-humoured
UK
cold sober
unfeeling
irritable
beastly
testy
bestial
dry
crabby
strait-laced
cheerless
mournful
straight
boring
tedious
disagreeable
unpleasant
unamusing
joyless
dull
leaden
sage
dignified
tough
unplayful
thoughtful
ponderous
muted
strictly business
heavy-going
straight-faced
stone-faced
stolid
overbearing
wicked
tight-lipped
formal
key
portentous
reserved
unemotional
chilly
stuffy
moody
remote
taciturn
bound and determined
resolved
funereal
composed
unsociable
peevish
underlined
difficult
cranky
dyspeptic
pessimistic
bilious
snappish
crotchety
unresponsive
pouting
bearish
acid
mardy
mumpish
waspish
impassive
expressionless
ornery
pouty
miserable
smileless
mopey
blank
quarrelsome
huffy
obstinate
spiteful
in a bad mood
ill-natured
mean-spirited
wild
offensive
odious
repellent
inhospitable
foreboding
off-putting
abhorrent
hostile
unhospitable
repulsive
violent
barbaric
cruel
dangerous
murderous
aggressive
brutal
furious
untamed
feral
unruly
rabid
brute
bloodthirsty
merciless
malevolent
ruthless
unmerciful
malignant
terrible
barbarous
convulsive
impetuous
brutish
raging
heartless
baleful
delirious
monstrous
incessive
remorseless
raving
inhumane
sadistic
uncontrollable
inhuman
enraged
undomesticated
fearful
angry
frantic
rapacious
infuriated
crazed
mad
butcherly
primitive
tigerish
biffo
aggers
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(
of the weather
)
Dark, cloudy or overcast
dull
overcast
cloudy
gloomy
clouded
dreary
dark
hazy
darkened
dim
dusky
foggy
gray
US
grey
UK
misty
somber
US
sombre
UK
beclouded
caliginous
darkish
dingy
dismal
hazed
heavy
leaden
murky
nebulous
nubilous
opaque
overclouded
shadowy
shady
sunless
tenebrific
unclear
dusk
funereal
lightless
louring
obscured
pitchy
rainy
rayless
stygian
subfusc
tenebrous
unilluminated
unlit
clouded over
lowering
pitch-black
pitch-dark
moonless
starless
black
crepuscular
impenetrable
dimmed
obscure
darkling
darksome
gauzy
blurred
muddy
smoky
soupy
bleary
muzzy
not clear
smoggy
dirty
nontranslucent
nontransparent
indistinct
turbid
dense
filmy
woolly
UK
drab
wooly
US
obfuscated
vague
faint
fuzzy
brumous
befogged
mushy
indistinguishable
blurry
blear
menacing
pale
bleared
austere
milky
emulsified
riley
roiled
mucky
muddied
fuggy
woozy
steamy
vaporous
uncertain
loose
muddled
threatening
vapory
claggy
non-transparent
promising rain
obfuscous
fogged in
out-of-focus
poorly lit
opalescent
riled
roily
unstrained
ominous
not fair
badly lit
bedimmed
miry
muted
dullish
Tartarean
frowzy
not bright
not pure
Stygian
ill-lit
ambiguous
doubtful
indiscernible
indeterminate
nebulose
hard to see
formless
undefined
unfocused
hard to make out
fogged
ill-defined
lacking definition
out of focus
inconspicuous
barely perceptible
impervious
frosty
sooty
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having no shine or luster
lackluster
US
drab
dull
dreary
lacklustre
UK
lusterless
lustreless
colorless
US
colourless
UK
dark
faded
pale
plain
ashen
ashy
dingy
flat
gray
US
grey
UK
muted
pallid
subdued
black
illustrous
matte
somber
US
sombre
UK
unlustrous
restrained
subfusc
washed out
washed-out
toned down
dark-colored
US
dark-coloured
UK
dull-coloured
discoloured
UK
discolored
US
gloomy
lifeless
weak
tired
washy
toned-down
mousy
pastel
bleached
light
sooty
dowdy
watery
mat
muddy
grimy
dun
sober
cold
feeble
dulled
neutral
dim
subtle
understated
soft
matt
wan
low-key
faint
etiolated
achromatic
shaded
quiet
unobtrusive
dusty
greyish
UK
mellow
unpretentious
lowered
softened
monochrome
grayish
US
repressed
whitish
conservative
dun-coloured
unflashy
not shiny
unpolished
soft-hued
light-colored
US
wishy-washy
low-keyed
white
light-coloured
UK
light-toned
unburnished
uncolored
murky
delicate
vapid
discreet
toneless
spiritless
tempered
grave
achromic
controlled
inobtrusive
stonewashed
uncoloured
nonglossy
sullied
tarnished
opaque
dusky
anemic
US
bloodless
anaemic
UK
pasty
insipid
fair
unostentatious
withdrawn
inactive
pensive
serious
passive
shopworn
blanched
brownish
chastened
reserved
waxen
hazy
waxlike
dirty
filthy
brownish-grey
inadequate
unsubstantial
insubstantial
lightish brown
bland
sludgy
mild
badly lit
poorly lit
tingeless
greyscale
UK
grayscale
US
tame
ordinary
nondescript
inconspicuous
unnoticeable
simple
unremarkable
light-hued
pale-coloured
UK
pale-colored
US
pastel-coloured
UK
unclouded
pastel-colored
US
clear
clean
shadeless
black and white
without color
not in color
tintless
black-and-white
gentle
hueless
peaches-and-cream
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise
squawky
discordant
strident
jarring
screeching
cacophonous
sharp
grating
dissonant
rasping
raucous
hoarse
unmelodious
noisy
rough
stridulous
unmusical
jangling
guttural
croaking
raspy
scratchy
earsplitting
coarse
clashing
rusty
dry
cracked
creaking
rugged
jagged
astringent
caterwauling
tuneless
uneven
unlevel
craggy
asperous
acrid
bitter
disagreeing
disturbing
flat
glaring
grim
hard
incompatible
rigid
severe
sour
unrelenting
off-key
out-of-key
out-of-tune
not smooth
gruff
husky
throaty
croaky
gravelly
harsh
gravel
shrill
inharmonious
unharmonious
piercing
blaring
ear-piercing
squawking
grinding
clamorous
stridulant
ear-splitting
jangly
absonant
brassy
loud
squeaky
unmelodic
unvocal
squealing
horrisonant
tumultuous
metallic
penetrating
riotous
stridulent
screechy
blatant
abrasive
stertorous
clangorous
rackety
dinning
tinny
growling
growly
stentorian
harsh-sounding
scraping
not harmonious
unpleasant
stridulatory
stentorious
lacking harmony
disagreeable
at odds
baying
vociferous
vociferant
obstreperous
out of tune
out of key
disharmonic
booming
deafening
thunderous
immusical
clinking
ill-sounding
harsh sounding
atonal
acute
braying
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Displaying a lack of sympathy, empathy or general emotions
soulless
callous
heartless
unfeeling
pitiless
hard
unsympathetic
merciless
ruthless
insensitive
inhuman
uncharitable
unmerciful
remorseless
inhumane
stony
unsparing
compassionless
indurate
affectless
obdurate
ironhearted
stonyhearted
stoney
pachydermatous
desensitised
UK
desensitized
US
cruel
insensate
harsh
cold
unkind
spiritless
feral
dead
gray
US
grey
UK
hard-hearted
cold-blooded
case-hardened
hard-boiled
thick-skinned
slash-and-burn
take-no-prisoners
uncaring
unpitying
brutal
hardhearted
uncompassionate
cold-hearted
unforgiving
stony-hearted
savage
severe
barbarous
with a heart of stone
hardened
tough
unemotional
sadistic
inflexible
stern
indifferent
lacking compassion
inconsiderate
unmoved
unrelenting
implacable
unbending
unconcerned
barbaric
hard-nosed
relentless
uncompromising
apathetic
coldhearted
grim
monstrous
mean
unyielding
inexorable
unresponsive
intolerant
vicious
fierce
marble-hearted
hard as nails
fiendish
vindictive
wanton
thoughtless
austere
steely
cut-throat
hard-bitten
stone-hearted
mean-spirited
as hard as nails
evil
wicked
bloodthirsty
bestial
unfriendly
rigorous
strict
rigid
unappeasable
sanguinary
hurtful
adamant
cutthroat
insensible
inclement
indurated
unremitting
illiberal
surly
tactless
unkindly
bloodless
appalling
inured
disinterested
uncommiserating
selfish
untouched
lukewarm
unloving
repellent
halfhearted
aversive
repugnant
dog-eat-dog
not sorry
without sentiment
murderous
premeditated
bloody
dispassionate
hostile
unnatural
solid
unflinching
brutish
adamantine
crass
excessive
Rhadamanthine
tyrannical
hatchetjob
coldblooded
satanic
forbidding
aloof
uncontrite
sour
imperceptive
draconian
spiteful
exacting
unempathetic
uncordial
punishing
unamiable
vengeful
churlish
crotchety
cantankerous
iron-fisted
tyrannous
unpleasant
uncalled-for
punitive
mean machine
inattentive
having a killer instinct
unfair
killer instinct
ungenerous
atrocious
unchristian
heedless
cold fish
unsympathizing
ungracious
self-centered
US
heinous
unsentimental
truculent
cynical
diabolical
firm
beastly
rough
brute
headstrong
butcherly
impassive
obstinate
hellish
depraved
self-centred
UK
careless
dastardly
egregious
flagitious
toughened
unaffected
unsusceptible
torpid
hard-headed
stiff
unimpressionable
stubborn
world-weary
insentient
impenitent
hard-edged
hard-line
lacking sentiment
toughened by experience
hard-shelled
as tough as old boots
blind to
deaf to
ferocious
malevolent
mortal
fell
rancorous
revengeful
ironfisted
killer
without pity
violent
nasty
aggressive
vile
malicious
malignant
nefarious
competitive
bitter
bad
horrible
authoritarian
determined
resolute
heavy-handed
villainous
hateful
base
infernal
abominable
oppressive
ghastly
dogged
heavy
homicidal
black-hearted
forceful
keen
steadfast
unwavering
grievous
wretched
hardhanded
staunch
maleficent
assertive
single-minded
outrageous
zealous
spirited
drastic
foul
wild
abusive
dreadful
awful
stringent
tenacious
virulent
torturous
ambitious
execrable
dangerous
motivated
dark
tormenting
purposeful
black
driven
distressing
excruciating
loathsome
immoral
vigorous
hungry
onerous
horrendous
desirous
thirsty
pushy
terrible
horrific
strong
flinty
disquieting
perverse
rotten
agonizing
US
unshakeable
painful
committed
distasteful
traumatic
unpalatable
go-getting
infamous
hard-driving
ardent
earnest
pertinacious
untiring
eager
intent
enthusiastic
inordinate
avid
industrious
distressful
devilish
iron-handed
venomous
enterprising
unreasonable
aspiring
inspired
galling
active
intransigent
unprincipled
disagreeable
iniquitous
energetic
searing
wrathful
militant
treacherous
intense
immovable
low
criminal
rugged
rabid
agonising
UK
fixed
persevering
revolting
bold
strong-willed
self-starting
unfaltering
undaunted
self-assertive
goal-oriented
self-driven
low-down
destructive
harrowing
stalwart
sinister
miserable
antagonistic
disturbing
persistent
fanatical
odious
frightful
mettlesome
plucky
indefatigable
injurious
striving
frightening
unflagging
fiercely competitive
abhorrent
crude
menacing
intensely competitive
wolfish
detestable
coarse
contemptible
disconcerting
troublesome
troubling
despicable
stark
trying
strong-minded
unruly
thuggish
bent upon
slaughterous
dour
objectionable
horrid
discomforting
worrisome
irksome
untamed
catty
unshakable
ramrod
voracious
burdensome
unshaken
woeful
stressful
daunting
unsettling
perturbing
intemperate
furious
gutsy
dedicated
fiery
gruff
threatening
devastating
baleful
carnivorous
poor
uncomfortable
agitating
lousy
gruesome
difficult
dismal
doleful
crippling
poisonous
bent
obsessed
horrifying
undeviating
resolved
warlike
set
abandoned
bloody-minded
hardheaded
hairy
grisly
fraught
macabre
troublous
nightmarish
grave
without mercy
indomitable
shameful
ill-natured
insistent
sharp
every person for themselves
progressive
pioneering
tragical
hellacious
scandalous
disgraceful
self-asserting
self-seeking
get up and go
power-hungry
full of determination
eager beaver
power-loving
oppressed
hell-bent
high-reaching
dead set
reprehensible
unswerving
sinful
disreputable
rowdy
extortionate
extreme
ungodly
disgusting
disorderly
despotic
poignant
flagrant
opprobrious
bullying
critical
immoderate
wilful
maniacal
unrestrained
toxic
willful
gritty
corrupt
pernicious
suppressive
unrighteous
intractable
snide
desperate
pugnacious
consumed
compelled
vexatious
dire
unlawful
unholy
unethical
malign
demoniac
knavish
degenerate
swingeing
penal
crushing
ruffianly
unbendable
possessed
obsessive
hardline
sarcastic
unsavoury
UK
unwelcome
yucky
afflicting
chilling
unpleasing
yukky
displeasing
unsavory
US
crazed
refractory
putrid
underhanded
miscreant
impetuous
delirious
steady
uncivilised
UK
hotheaded
acrimonious
mad
uncivilized
US
disgustful
bullheaded
locked in
galvanized
US
serious
monomaniacal
impelled
reprobate
profligate
debased
bound and determined
demoralised
UK
demoralized
US
despiteful
sky-high
forcible
uncontrollable
frantic
induced
fixated
compulsive
obsessional
unhesitating
feisty
gladiatorial
scrappy
pushed
steered
guided
impulsive
besetting
galvanised
UK
unhappy
annoying
offensive
two-fisted
deadly
adventurous
self-willed
iron-willed
full-blooded
urged on
like a ball of fire
impoverished
having killer instinct
on the make
go-ahead
gung ho
poverty-stricken
desiring success
hideous
abrasive
unjust
unspeakable
ravening
brutelike
accursed
hard-hitting
lawless
frigid
bearish
dictatorial
detached
irreconcilable
perverted
impenetrable
curt
cool
sanguine
no-nonsense
browbeating
gloating
cacodemonic
sanguineous
facinorous
murdering
intolerable
disdainful
arch
red in tooth and claw
immutable
gory
inhospitable
bellicose
roughshod
uncivil
shabby
dog eat dog
powerful
OTT
overstrict
valiant
hard-shell
ill
viperous
unmanageable
thrusting
career-minded
over the top
brave
every man for himself
sworn
courageous
repressive
not nice
loveless
hot
doughty
lionhearted
arbitrary
at each other's throats
intrepid
unrefined
vulgar
uncultured
ignorant
hopeful
intimidating
fearless
heroic
fearsome
ungentle
forced
malefic
unplacatable
unmollifiable
unpacifiable
raging
louring
convulsive
unchangeable
bound
necessary
ironclad
very severe
purpose driven
upwardly mobile
highly motivated
focussed
UK
focused
US
planful
combative
raving
lowering
enraged
incessive
undomesticated
fearful
resentful
rude
contentious
emulous
infuriated
rapacious
angry
mean business
avenging
obnoxious
tigerish
biffo
primitive
aggers
vying
the law of the jungle
ignominious
ignoble
dishonorable
US
paltry
wounding
sordid
currish
dirty
mulish
retaliatory
untameable
berserk
unsportsmanlike
driving
competing
opinionated
wreakful
grudging
pigheaded
frenzied
scathing
evil-minded
bad-tempered
dishonourable
UK
low-minded
ill-tempered
ornery
ill-humoured
UK
ill-humored
US
evil-intentioned
full of spleen
grudge-bearing
out for revenge
ill-disposed
stout-hearted
pushing
warring
opposing
oppositional
with force
using force
by force
incisive
cutting
terrorizing
US
ossified
trenchant
stinging
pointed
pat
inconvincible
spoiling for a fight
on the warpath
ready for action
acid
satirical
sardonic
uncooperative
unmalleable
diehard
unblunted
contemptuous
unpersuadable
arduous
butcherous
explosive
maddened
frenetic
piercing
caustic
corrosive
uncompliant
hardcore
penetrating
satiric
biting
impassioned
crazy
agitated
hysterical
feverish
fuming
terrorising
UK
radge
potent
renitent
unswayable
unmovable
durable
survival of the fittest
mocking
tart
scornful
lethal
fatal
deathly
stiff-necked
snarky
pungent
salty
acerbic
self-opinionated
hot-tempered
hot-headed
acidic
mordacious
edged
hard-core
not giving an inch
hard and fast
dead set on
knock-down-and-drag-out
blood-and-guts
knock-down
out of control
drag-out
hammer and tongs
hearty
heartbreaking
derisive
acute
vitriolic
sturdy
heart-rending
upsetting
emphatic
bang-bang
scorching
acrid
withering
terminal
noxious
heartrending
unlovely
tragic
sad
uncongenial
iron
astringent
belittling
scalding
mordant
lusty
great
icky
sore
mortifying
harmful
extremely critical
burning
unquenchable
granite
afflictive
provoking
calamitous
baneful
deleterious
detrimental
assiduous
confident
diligent
tireless
dynamic
mortuary
unhealthy
incurable
untreatable
pestilent
vital
decisive
sustained
sedulous
gut-wrenching
unabated
assured
nocuous
mephitic
defiant
slaying
killing
pestilential
destroying
life-threatening
cannibalistic
suicidal
carcinogenic
pestiferous
internecine
mortiferous
death-dealing
in-your-face
stop at nothing
hang-tough
high-pressure
go for broke
self-assured
can-do
self-possessed
self-confident
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Experiencing or showing doubt or skepticism
cynical
suspicious
doubtful
mistrustful
distrustful
sceptical
UK
doubting
disbelieving
unbelieving
incredulous
skeptical
US
pessimistic
jaundiced
disillusioned
misanthropic
negative
disenchanted
hard
hardened
nonbelieving
black
hard-bitten
world-weary
hard-boiled
dubious
questioning
unconvinced
wary
leery
unsure
uncertain
trustless
chary
suspecting
unsettled
apprehensive
quizzical
negativistic
undecided
cagey
cautious
hinky
careful
guarded
fearful
hesitant
paranoid
uneasy
jealous
untrusting
lacking trust
show-me
scoffing
iffy
uptight
mistrusting
been hit before
having reservations
in doubt
without faith
not born yesterday
without belief
hesitating
circumspect
insecure
faithless
nervous
aporetic
agnostic
distrusting
lacking confidence
wondering
non-believing
lacking faith
watchful
heedful
on guard
narrow-minded
ambivalent
anxious
possessive
solicitous
unimpressed
unmoved
unpersuaded
jaded
on the fence
unsatisfied
suspect
unenlightened
freethinking
not believing
have misgivings
have reservations
misbelieving
minimifidian
paranoiac
obsessed
para
unreasonable
over-suspicious
overly suspicious
irrationally anxious
irresolute
vacillating
wavering
tentative
indecisive
faltering
dithering
in two minds
in a dilemma
shilly-shallying
blowing hot and cold
reluctant
unresolved
in a quandary
on the horns of a dilemma
backward
oscillating
diffident
shy
unpredictable
unwilling
averse
afraid
uneager
undetermined
indefinite
half-hearted
hanging back
of two minds
halting
equivocal
waffling
disinclined
slow
loath
having qualms
having misgivings
sitting on the fence
timid
uncommitted
torn
equivocating
unclear
havering
vague
split
cunctatory
hazy
noncommittal
teetering
fluctuating
divided
pendulous
lazy
perplexed
delaying
dawdling
ambiguous
shaky
vacillant
vacillatory
unassured
not sure
shilly-shally
humming and hawing
hemming and hawing
betwixt and between
like doubting Thomas
running hot and cold
confused
vexed
pussyfooting
unconfident
reticent
indisposed
unconfirmed
loth
cagy
fly-by-night
unsavory
US
unsavoury
UK
touch-and-go
chancy
untrusty
floating
wobbling
swithering
unfinished
pendent
wishy-washy
hedging your bets
in the middle
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Beyond all hope
lost
hopeless
failed
futile
helpless
impossible
pointless
fruitless
doomed
forlorn
ill-fated
profitless
unprofitable
wasted
hollow
ineffective
ineffectual
unachievable
useless
worthless
beyond remedy
despaired of
vain
in vain
unavailing
inefficacious
valueless
to no effect
losing
of no use
to no avail
unsuccessful
unproductive
abortive
bootless
idle
impotent
trifling
impractical
self-defeating
to no purpose
maladaptive
counterproductive
dysfunctional
dysregulated
self-destructive
self-sabotaging
desperate
despairing
unlikely
unrealistic
pious
unduly optimistic
empty
barren
sterile
otiose
thwarted
exhausted
unsatisfactory
insufficient
resultless
unneeded
unsubstantial
unreal
impracticable
delusive
without rhyme or reason
on a treadmill
no good to gundy
no dice
purposeless
meaningless
nugatory
senseless
insignificant
aimless
inconsequential
trivial
unimportant
unrewarding
needless
inutile
purportless
irrelevant
frivolous
feckless
inefficient
foiled
inadequate
paltry
unusable
unfruitful
junky
unnecessary
good-for-nothing
footling
unpurposed
null
non-successful
chaffy
unremunerative
insubstantial
inane
disastrous
botched
of no avail
petty
unreasonable
vapid
mindless
defeated
inexpedient
frustrated
Sisyphean
without success
no-good
unhelpful
redundant
inept
bungled
baulked
UK
unworkable
weak
unprolific
unfructuous
waste
wasteful
incompetent
nothing
expendable
balked
US
negligible
feeble
powerless
nonsensical
motiveless
thankless
ruined
no use
no-win
superfluous
for nought
no good
not worth the candle
dry
lacklustre
UK
uninspiring
poor
misfired
banal
gainless
uncreative
inoperative
lackluster
US
unyieldly
nonproductive
nonfunctional
miserable
unavailable
pathetic
unessential
vacuous
stymied
unfunctional
silly
vacant
spoilt
UK
spoiled
US
lifeless
pants
blocked
scrap
fatuous
hindered
stonewalled
obstructed
stupid
disadvantageous
goalless
inferior
nongermane
wanky
slight
piddling
failing
deficient
a dead loss
defective
miscarried
messed up
beyond hope
unsuitable
incapable
casual
of no value
broken
not having a prayer
with no chance of success
drifting
fouled up
hamstrung
puerile
throwaway
scant
uneconomic
pyrrhic
cheap
groundless
dead
unserviceable
dull
specious
absurd
parlous
unlucrative
insipid
for naught
stillborn
nonpractical
boring
of no earthly use
spinning one's wheels
wild goose chase
not effective
unpromising
unbeneficial
unuseful
inoperable
unmeaning
unsound
baseless
stale
insane
objectless
undone
uninteresting
rambling
unfounded
unreturned
cramped
not useful
tedious
arid
flat
commonplace
not needed
time-wasting
puny
misleading
unnotable
void
delusory
wandering
lacking foundation
not worth it
Pyrrhic
dreary
monotonous
drab
unstimulating
prosaic
humdrum
unattainable
luckless
adrift
going nowhere
in vicious circle
not a prayer
unfilled
clear
without grounds
without foundation
not pertinent
not serious
designless
thoughtless
witless
illogical
irrational
wanton
indiscriminate
desultory
brainless
random
undirected
ridiculous
floundering
haphazard
uncalled-for
wishy-washy
uncalled for
hit-or-miss
listless
lustreless
minor
unanimated
muted
spiritless
inconsiderable
small
apathetic
tame
minute
ill-suited
incompatible
flimsy
junk
unfit
inconvenient
unequal
unable
not proper
incommodious
unadvantageous
wanting
inapt
lousy
inconsistent
not good enough
improper
unqualified
inadmissible
inappropriate
limited
unsuited
incidental
little
piffling
flaccid
picayune
foolish
lame
pettifogging
fiddling
small-fry
of little account
penny-ante
twopenny-halfpenny
nickel-and-dime
Mickey Mouse
of no account
trashy
measly
wretched
poxy
rubbishy
rubbish
bogus
meritless
mediocre
abandoned
ignoble
of no benefit
two a penny
not much cop
not valuable
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Boring or severely lacking in interest
drab
boring
tedious
uninteresting
dreary
dull
unexciting
uninspired
uninspiring
wearisome
bland
insipid
mundane
spiritless
stale
trite
vapid
feeble
lacklustre
UK
lifeless
limp
monotonous
pedestrian
ponderous
sterile
tired
tiresome
unimaginative
vacuous
characterless
dry
humdrum
lame
non-stimulating
numbing
tame
wearying
zestless
antiseptic
arid
drudging
flat
heavy
jading
leaden
mediocre
slow
stodgy
stuffy
tiring
barren
commonplace
jejune
old
prosaic
stupid
unexceptional
unremarkable
weary
blah
desolate
dowdy
lackluster
US
monochromatic
plain
unchanging
mind-numbing
ho-hum
nondescript
run-of-the-mill
middle-of-the-road
dull as dishwater
colorless
US
colourless
UK
dusty
banal
uneventful
ordinary
routine
dry as dust
plodding
vanilla
nothing
unstimulating
unvaried
featureless
common
dead
everyday
workaday
undistinguished
wishy-washy
ho hum
bromidic
torpid
unvarying
laborious
repetitious
fatiguing
hackneyed
samey
prosy
anaemic
UK
weak
unanimated
average
draggy
dim
wooden
quotidian
anemic
US
soporific
lustreless
bloodless
deadly
nowhere
repetitive
unmemorable
banausic
usual
stiff
enervating
exhausting
apathetic
gray
US
grey
UK
normal
inoffensive
common or garden
nothing to write home about
monochrome
no great shakes
platitudinous
mechanical
turgid
conventional
soulless
laboured
UK
sluggish
labored
US
dullsville
typical
pointless
lusterless
expressionless
lacking variety
dreich
garden-variety
bog-standard
plain vanilla
lacking interest
lacking excitement
listless
pallid
unoriginal
derivative
static
monotone
neutral
standard
empty
soul-destroying
unrelieved
uniform
pabulum
muted
inane
underwhelming
zero
dull as ditchwater
simple
plebeian
irksome
unentertaining
unenjoyable
milk-and-water
interminable
so-so
white-bread
ornery
yawnsome
depressing
weariful
not up to much
garden variety
a dime a dozen
big yawn
mindless
unappealing
useless
unpassioned
unlively
toneless
pedantic
beige
indistinctive
treadmill
undistinctive
stilted
quiet
slack
sleepy
hollow
regular
unproductive
heavy-going
mainstream
unadorned
noncommittal
customary
worthless
passionless
stagnant
downcast
OK
lacking variation
unspirited
innocuous
unimpressive
matter-of-fact
faceless
threadbare
watery
deadening
sapless
middling
deadpan
vacant
dragging
prolix
hacky
day-to-day
deadly dull
dismal
standard-issue
cut-and-dried
cut-and-dry
stereotyped
generic
unnoteworthy
namby-pamby
inferior
not fun
predictable
second-rate
dime-a-dozen
uninterested
tepid
cardboard
impersonal
indistinct
difficult
annoying
irritating
raw
dispiriting
wintry
US
sorrowful
damp
oppressive
windy
sleep-inducing
wintery
UK
clinical
uninviting
trivial
puerile
unobjectionable
disappointing
harmless
safe
sombre
UK
somber
US
halfhearted
diluted
serious
boresome
vexatious
unpleasant
unattractive
disagreeable
recurrent
inert
over-serious
uncreative
truistic
blasé
overlong
boiled down
without punch
unromantic
formal
undemonstrative
miserable
verbose
staid
worn-out
reiterated
weighty
soft
samely
monotonic
unchanged
unimpassioned
unexceptionable
forced
depressed
meager
US
charmless
mortal
poky
snooze
half-pie
meagre
UK
poor
run of the mill
modest
anodyne
fuddy-duddy
inadequate
heavy going
not so hot
institutional
endless
without variety
terrestrial
all the same
sing-song
devoid of feeling
devoid of emotion
unprogressive
inactive
nebbish
tenuous
slight
homespun
indifferent
flat as pancake
puts one to sleep
unfeeling
mat
unexpressive
matte
unexcited
dulled
lowly
unpretentious
straightforward
earthbound
square
general
passive
one-horse
yawn
futile
businesslike
unembellished
unemotional
lethargic
clean
unseasoned
whitebread
unpalatable
blind
homely
fair
bummer
drag
cloying
drear
bomb
dead-and-alive
emotionless
vain
profitless
familiar
passable
run-of-the mill
long-drawn-out
not amounting to much
moth-eaten
well-worn
nitty-gritty
forgettable
cold
humble
suburban
unrewarding
slothful
lead balloon
stark
nameless
blank
stock
corny
run-of-the-mine
medium
tolerable
run-of-mine
second-class
inexpressive
joyless
lank
spent
fruitless
not bad
lacking vitality
two-dimensional
unimportant
accustomed
plastic
garden
mean
insignificant
aimless
valueless
unprofitable
purposeless
neither one thing nor the other
irrelevant
inconsiderable
paltry
ineffectual
otiose
unavailing
unsuccessful
bootless
inefficacious
ineffective
abortive
inconsequential
piddling
immaterial
meaningless
whatever
unfruitful
unfilled
unprolific
clear
nothing special
of little consequence
of little importance
of no consequence
not worth mentioning
of no importance
of no great concern
not much cop
of no account
bog standard
clichéd
overused
overworked
timeworn
shopworn
old hat
musty
stereotypical
impassive
cornball
set
hack
hokey
played out
worn
cliché
warmed-over
bathetic
worn out
familiar tune
ready-made
cliched
exhausted
drained
mildewed
chain
stereotypic
platitudinal
cliche
hackney
tasteless
glazed
numb
obligatory
cobwebby
stolid
used-up
unresponsive
fixed
flavorless
US
time-worn
flavourless
UK
overdone
glassy
stony
inscrutable
dime-store
catatonic
poker-faced
well worn
formulaic
straight-faced
desiccated
peaceful
savorless
uninventive
hoary
habitual
inanimate
frequent
frigid
ubiquitous
flat tire
household
dispassionate
unsavoury
UK
unreadable
unsavory
US
inconspicuous
long-winded
cliché-ridden
nothing to get excited about
long
unadventurous
insensitive
repeated
derived
distant
faraway
driveling
US
mild
stoical
drivelling
UK
adequate
dazed
fishy
phlegmatic
calm
menial
backwoods
placid
unexcitable
decent
intermediate
impassible
pleasant
slow-moving
tranquil
affectless
prevalent
basic
lukewarm
bush-league
natural
iterative
inhuman
amateur
amateurish
reiterative
fair-to-middling
cold-blooded
traditional
constant
fish-eyed
fair to middling
nobody home
ten a penny
unprepossessing
out of the ark
ceaseless
old-fashioned
insistent
unsophisticated
continual
unartistic
workday
lackadaisical
lacking in vitality
unfateful
noneventful
pathetic
naff
unpoetic
literal
orthodox
trying
frustrating
antiquated
unspecial
obsolete
drippy
subdued
outdated
moderate
backward
backwater
outmoded
unmoved
imitative
least
Milquetoast
standardized
US
comatose
motionless
unimpressed
tripe
acceptable
pompous
unnoticeable
vieux jeu
stoic
okay
standardised
UK
conventionalized
silly
blending into the background
vague
anonymous
unsatisfying
demoralizing
US
unfulfilling
demoralising
UK
monolithic
fairish
duplicative
dry-as-dust
masklike
uncommunicative
immobile
straggling
ratty
phoned in
out-of-date
heavy-handed
languid
old-hat
dense
thin
unsympathetic
glassy-eyed
behind the times
played-out
old-chestnut
old-saw
rambling
pokerfaced
meh
steady
staple
not appealing
unmoving
incomprehensible
inarticulate
family
casual
domestic
informal
benumbed
callous
numbed
asleep
savourless
wonted
no big deal
meandering
boiler plate
no-frills
middle of the road
unspecified
unidentified
droning
plain-Jane
unextraordinary
off-the-shelf
unspectacular
unenthusiastic
senseless
anesthetized
US
unappetizing
supine
par for the course
nothing out of the ordinary
oft-repeated
sedate
slow but sure
not very good
bovine
badly written
distasteful
anaesthetised
UK
paralyzed
US
still
paralysed
UK
unflavoured
prevailing
going
current
popular
uncomplicated
undecorated
unelaborate
in the doldrums
unpleasurable
unornamented
unflappable
readily available
widely available
half-hearted
canned
insensible
lazy
established
inelaborate
watered-down
dragged out
folksy
uninvolved
uncompassionate
desensitized
US
groggy
unconcerned
disinterested
lymphatic
without spice
normophilic
uncluttered
austere
unostentatious
elementary
rustic
along for the ride
detached
desensitised
UK
pure and simple
your basic
innocent
drawling
twangy
benign
hurtless
slavish
innoxious
unoffending
white
restful
peaceable
non-innovative
lacking originality
second-hand
gentle
untroubled
relaxing
undisturbed
soothing
isolated
unobtrusive
uncharismatic
nonprovocative
somnolent
friendly
non-aggressive
non-violent
non-combative
frequentative
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