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Adjective
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Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature
dismal
bleak
miserable
dark
dreary
depressing
desolate
gloomy
grim
sombreUK
cheerless
comfortless
funereal
solemn
somberUS
forlorn
morose
glum
sullen
wretched
cold
dire
disconsolate
drear
godforsaken
grayUS
morbid
black
chill
darkening
greyUK
lugubrious
murky
plutonian
saturnine
sepulchral
tenebrific
tenebrous
cloudy
dreich
elegiac
elegiacal
lonely
lonesome
sunless
Cimmerian
full of gloom
looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny
cheesed off
threatening
menacing
direful
baleful
doomy
bodeful
sick as a parrot
bummed out
ill-boding
ill-fated
ill
hostile
desperate
down and out
infelicitous
churlish
scowling
unfriendly
wistful
heavy
minatory
crabby
weighed down
weeping
dismayed
ill-omened
regretful
weepy
fateful
dangerous
ill-humouredUK
ill-humoredUS
cross
with a long face
crummy
untimely
bleeding
dysphoric
doomed
gruff
nasty
unsociable
intimidating
cast-down
grieved
angry
in despair
down-hearted
shot down
tristful
baneful
apocalyptic
untoward
daunted
grouchy
sick at heart
louring
peevish
fearful
minacious
disastrous
creepy
doubtful
ripped
dolent
testy
unhopeful
aggrieved
bereaved
mean
fierce
let down
clouded
emotional
torn up
rough
objectionable
afflictive
all torn up
defeated
perilous
taken down
stormy
unamused
as sick as a parrot
pouting
in tears
low in spirits
flat
catastrophic
resentful
evil
lowering
inconvenient
cowed
listless
sapped
pouty
turbulent
distraught
disquieting
indignant
cruel
shattered
cantankerous
dread
hair-raising
spine-chilling
redoubtable
formidable
ruinous
sourpussed
petulant
unseasonable
sinistrous
uptight
stroppy
sulking
mumpish
impending
godawful
harmful
destructive
mardy
unsuited
bummed-out
unsuitable
querulous
low-down
sunk
in the toilet
ill-starred
discommodious
inapt
inappropriate
out of humour
in grief
in doldrums
in a bad mood
stony
unconfident
ferocious
in a funk
squally
inclement
ill-suited
very bad
jinxed
shamefaced
enervated
huffy
critical
rainy
unoptimistic
disgruntled
tempestuous
cursed
dashed
windy
crying
intimidatory
piqued
gusty
touchy
prejudicial
inexpedient
abashed
premonitory
sobersided
deflated
peeved
discomforting
mean-looking
down-in-the-mouth
put out
inconducive
peed off
ticked off
teed off
browned off
intimidated
warning
wailing
aching
deploring
bewailing
bemoaning
funeral
sheepish
cataclysmic
crucial
counter
afflicting
loury
blowy
misty
uncivil
detrimental
improper
snappish
crotchety
shaken
unconsolable
raw
crusty
embittered
unmannerly
unseemly
damaging
devastating
forsaken
augural
suggestive
prophetic
haunting
pressing
abysmal
waspish
in sorrow
in mourning
resigned
po-faced
affecting
full of sorrow
aggressive
awkward
malapropos
unfit
humiliated
odious
disparaging
wrong
opposed
undesirable
exigent
long-suffering
heart-breaking
inadvisable
uncertain
ill-advised
unlikely
unencouraging
full of despair
apathetic
leaden
sorry for oneself
depressant
displeased
without energy
melodramatic
supernatural
dirgeful
atrabilious
dampened
drooping
sagging
emo
worried
prostrated
drained
griefstricken
torn-up
discontent
unsatisfied
wet
wild
fatal
perturbed
bothered
at
have the blahs
deadly
heart-sick
lovesick
empty
devitalized
undermined
doom-laden
gaunt
guilty
cringing
browbeaten
blustery
foggy
cranky
reflective
thrown
sorry for yourself
disturbed
concerned
bowed
lowered
suicidal
dolorific
guilty-looking
furtive
lost
unchancy
disillusioned
taken aback
promising rain
evil-looking
bearish
brusque
off
sluggish
doom and gloom
forgotten
homeless
dubious
tough
unprosperous
stirring
prostrate with grief
choleric
acrimonious
ashamed
embarrassed
sneaking
friendless
uncared-for
bugged
shook
burned
discombobulated
sore
antsy
contused
unmitigable
lethal
mortal
let-down
not happy
down in dumps
down in mouth
fiery
sob story
splenetic
narky
frantic
anxious
life-threatening
suggestive of evil
unable to be consoled
unable to be comforted
cowering
conscience-stricken
dragging
defenselessUS
alone
defencelessUK
fruitless
temperamental
aggravated
fractious
put off
deterred
in a bad way
out of luck
raging
injurious
without hope
up the creek
shook up
enraged
beside oneself with grief
languished
broken
languorous
triste
languid
sobbing
shot-down
vexed
perverse
chippy
aloof
unenthused
hard-pressed
exacting
treacherous
precarious
jeopardous
rocky
straitened
full of hardship
messy
malificent
doomful
precursive
presaging
malign
prescient
malefic
snivellingUK
whimpering
strabilious
no-win
ill-natured
momentous
significant
foreshadowing
Gothic
close to tears
withdrawn
uncooperative
obstinate
fretful
ornery
down-in-mouth
beat
beat-down
come-apart
caved-in
unspeakable
urgent
extreme
thunderous
blubbering
can't win
prognosticatory
important
predictive
drastic
outrageous
malevolent
volatile
savage
tumultuous
larmoyant
bullying
steely
flinty
ungentle
rugged
at the end of your tether
not a prayer
at end of one's rope
in the soup
worrisome
lacking in confidence
lacking in enthusiasm
having lost heart
crippling
irretrievable
on the verge of tears
snivelingUS
stressful
unsettling
torturous
bored
tired
comminatory
terrorizingUS
unwholesome
chronic
paltry
feeble
disapproving
unsympathetic
agitating
unbearable
abominable
unsavoryUS
with cold feet
lost momentum
oppressing
near
close
forthcoming
lowery
upcoming
overhanging
terrorisingUK
portending
impendent
in a huff
in a mood
in the sulks
in a strop
having a fit of the sulks
exciting
fated
exhilarating
inspiring
intriguing
extraordinary
remarkable
phenomenal
destined
thrilling
annoyed
easily moved
unsatisfactory
nauseating
hairy
tormenting
fraught
gross
icky
stinking
disgusting
unacceptable
obnoxious
diabolical
troublous
unendurable
hard-faced
stringent
gone to pieces
in blue funk
grotty
grody
unappealing
yucky
uncool
yukky
hellacious
nauseous
in floods of tears
with tears in your eyes
irked
exasperated
irritated
unsavouryUK
hurtful
unlovely
concerning
beastly
at hand
base
jaded
wearied
narked
nerve-racking
nail-biting
extremely bad
nerve-wracking
degraded
sated
surfeited
hacked off
dissatisfied
satiated
blasé
not best pleased
sick and tired
ignominious
debased
up to here
dirty
humble
servile
ignoble
unworthy
slavish
reprehensible
menial
shabby
dishonourableUK
grovellingUK
dishonorableUS
subservient
meek
outcast
grovelingUS
deferent
self-effacing
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“Optimistic articles about the future give people an excuse to escape from relentlessly depressive news about the present.”
Adjective
▲
Characterized by or causing degeneration
degenerative
backward
deteriorating
progressive
regressive
retrogressive
wasting
worsening
declinatory
dwindling
frittering
deleterious
Adjective
▲
Inflicting harsh and authoritarian treatment
oppressive
cruel
harsh
brutal
severe
tyrannical
dictatorial
repressive
autocratic
domineering
heavy
despotic
draconian
inhuman
undemocratic
unjust
burdensome
crushing
overwhelming
tyrannous
authoritarian
iron-fisted
anti-democratic
bitter
coercive
excruciating
grievous
grim
hard
hardhanded
imperious
inexorable
merciless
murderous
onerous
overbearing
pitiless
punitive
relentless
rough
rugged
ruthless
searing
stiff
tough
trying
unfair
high-handed
overweening
peremptory
backbreaking
bleak
confining
demanding
depressing
discouraging
disheartening
dismal
dispiriting
distressing
exacting
exigent
gloomy
headache
heavy-handed
hefty
ironhanded
mean
somberUS
sombreUK
stressful
superincumbent
taxing
troublesome
troubling
weighty
worrying
rough going
raffish
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Noun
▲
A person given to prolonged spells of low spirits
mope
killjoy
melancholic
moaner
pessimist
sourpuss
grouch
grump
melancholiac
misery
spoilsport
party pooper
wet blanket
prophet of doom
damper
complainer
dampener
dog in the manger
whiner
curmudgeon
crank
grumbler
grouser
discontent
shrew
doom merchant
carper
fault-finder
crosspatch
bear
stick in the mud
death's head at a feast
doomster
doomsayer
fatalist
doom-monger
doom and gloom merchant
cynic
doubter
scepticUK
doomwatcher
worrier
defeatist
downer
alarmist
skepticUS
gloom-monger
stuffed shirt
crab tree
quitter
yielder
scaremonger
scoffer
crabapple
moper
loser
kvetcher
grumpy person
miserable person
bug
kicker
voice of doom
bear with a sore head
Chicken Little
proser
buzzkill
marplot
stick-in-the-mud
cold water
wet rag
cold fish
poor sport
misanthrope
naysayer
gloomy
nihilist
worrywart
crepehanger
worryguts
depreciator
doubting Thomas
gloomy Gus
gloom merchant
Job's comforter
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