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What is another word for
dismal
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Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature
Causing a mood of sadness or depression
Pitifully or disgracefully bad
(
of weather
)
Dark or overcast
(
of an area of land
)
Unsuitable for, or inconducive to, growing crops or vegetation
Having or arousing feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia, typically in an exaggerated and self-indulgent way
Arousing little or no interest
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Adjective
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Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature
bleak
miserable
dark
dreary
depressing
desolate
dull
gloomy
sombre
UK
cheerless
comfortless
funereal
solemn
somber
US
forlorn
unhappy
woeful
joyless
morose
dejected
depressive
doleful
glum
sorrowful
sullen
woebegone
wretched
abject
cold
depressed
despondent
dire
disconsolate
disheartening
dispiriting
dolorous
drear
godforsaken
gray
US
melancholy
morbid
mournful
sad
black
chill
crestfallen
darkening
grey
UK
lugubrious
murky
oppressive
plutonian
saturnine
sepulchral
tenebrific
tenebrous
blue
cloudy
dreich
elegiac
elegiacal
lonely
lonesome
sunless
chap-fallen
Cimmerian
dispirited
downcast
down in the dumps
down in the mouth
in the pits
unwelcoming
doom-laden
grim
melancholic
down
sorry
downhearted
bad
heartbroken
low
low-spirited
inconsolable
dour
hopeless
cast down
heartsick
drab
heartsore
brokenhearted
grave
hangdog
pessimistic
saddened
distressing
heavyhearted
droopy
heavy-hearted
despairing
severe
forbidding
austere
uninviting
discouraging
discouraged
bitter
disheartened
moody
stark
distressed
harsh
unpleasant
lamentable
tearful
broken-hearted
awful
inhospitable
fed up
dreadful
grievous
anguished
grief-stricken
hard
in low spirits
mirthless
dim
piteous
pathetic
terrible
foreboding
oppressed
uncomfortable
unfavourable
UK
unfavorable
US
dingy
rueful
unpromising
humorless
US
humourless
UK
grieving
hurting
poor
unfortunate
harrowing
downbeat
heartrending
painful
long-faced
pitiful
afflicted
heartbreaking
hostile
ominous
troublesome
objectionable
troubled
disagreeable
serious
sober
defeatist
in pain
in the doldrums
foul
appalling
unpropitious
stern
execrable
sour
rotten
difficult
atrocious
horrible
teary
saddening
inauspicious
distressful
negative
horrid
dragged
worrying
tragic
sedate
troubling
in the dumps
tough
disappointed
deplorable
cruel
unsmiling
lousy
traumatic
agonizing
US
spiritless
surly
chapfallen
stressful
horrendous
torturous
demoralized
US
mopey
disturbing
brassed off
cheesed off
nightmarish
unpalatable
bummed out
excruciating
sulky
horrifying
sick as a parrot
sinister
irksome
discomforting
upset
demoralised
UK
mourning
nasty
agonising
UK
galling
plaintive
tragical
disconcerting
lachrymose
horrific
pitiable
disquieting
distasteful
tormenting
crabbed
upsetting
daunting
institutional
unsettling
weary
staid
weighty
frightful
threatening
earnest
adverse
ghastly
abominable
agonized
US
plangent
Eeyorish
unfriendly
crushed
direful
fraught
frightening
in a blue funk
brutal
devastated
down and out
dolent
desperate
hellacious
heavy
bare
worrisome
shadowy
impoverished
mean
perilous
weeping
ugly
no-nonsense
choked
loathsome
perturbing
clinical
rough
impersonal
destroyed
portentous
regretful
revolting
overcast
rugged
agonised
UK
agitating
vile
gruesome
in despair
exacting
wailing
sorrowing
dolesome
poker-faced
wintry
US
hairy
grisly
troublous
macabre
funeral
jarring
shot down
pained
bewailing
Stygian
wintery
UK
bemoaning
out of sorts
deploring
brooding
churlish
monstrous
lowering
ruthful
aching
moping
grumpy
mopish
drearisome
sunk in gloom
vicious
savage
cynical
hurtful
pensive
calamitous
bland
dirgelike
menacing
stony
doomy
dangerous
gruff
draggy
dejecting
dirge-like
disadvantageous
singing the blues
as sick as a parrot
weighed down
uncommunicative
acheronian
fierce
intimidating
subdued
detestable
frowning
displeasing
heart-rending
wistful
louring
weepy
trying
undesirable
clouded
dismayed
unwelcome
down-and-out
taxing
regrettable
broody
pitiless
ruthless
merciless
suffering
exigent
cast-down
discommodious
chilling
ill-humoured
UK
bleeding
poverty-stricken
ill-humored
US
injurious
tortured
strained
sunk
off-putting
parlous
fatalistic
treacherous
ill-boding
gloom-ridden
torn up
ill-fated
ill-omened
apocalyptic
catastrophic
disastrous
serious-minded
lamenting
squalid
sordid
baleful
dry
alarmist
sourpuss
muted
chilly
minatory
intense
filthy
flinty
ungentle
steely
crepuscular
inferior
stony-faced
outcast
taciturn
threnodic
straight
boring
tedious
indigent
scungy
deathly
disapproving
unsympathetic
mean-looking
bereft
enervated
discontented
flat
huffy
dusky
unamusing
stringent
disgruntled
cross
grouchy
dirgeful
disappointing
glowering
scowling
caliginous
unlucky
ill
uncomic
hard-faced
darkened
piqued
darkish
irritable
down-hearted
crummy
gut-wrenching
in sorrow
in mourning
unsociable
nebulous
unlit
daunted
bowed down
full of sorrow
mumpish
peeved
listless
adust
leaden
crabby
unilluminated
doomed
resigned
mardy
shady
bad-tempered
put out
obscured
ripped
vexing
dismaying
shattered
opaque
all torn up
pitchy
rayless
stygian
lightless
on a downer
ill-tempered
down-in-the-mouth
cut up
sorry for yourself
dusk
blue funk
long-suffering
let-down
not happy
sick at heart
in a bad mood
taken down
in a funk
low in spirits
straitened
heavy-going
hard-pressed
lurid
harmful
full of hardship
doubtful
pitch-black
pitch-dark
afflicting
pressing
precarious
messy
jeopardous
rocky
very bad
unlikely
unencouraging
spartan
uncaring
maudlin
exequial
deathlike
funebrial
unimpassioned
suspicious
distrustful
doubting
poignant
unenthusiastic
nostalgic
unmoved
apathetic
cataclysmic
degrading
dysphoric
threnodial
unoptimistic
obscure
hollow
scurvy
intolerable
gaunt
full of despair
base
moving
touching
affecting
without energy
sapped
unhumorous
sobersided
trashy
shoddy
fearsome
tear-jerking
given to looking on the black side
destitute
derisory
lowered
bowed
unsatisfied
unconsolable
torn-up
discontent
lorn
suicidal
depressant
companionless
hurt
tormented
unkind
dimmed
helpless
dolorific
afflictive
off
sluggish
luckless
terrifying
ferocious
sable
disillusioned
emo
deflated
darksome
wounded
abashed
acherontic
sheepish
distraught
po-faced
griefstricken
damp
defeated
racked
ailing
grieved
have the blahs
untoward
feeling down
full of gloom
looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny
unmitigable
darkling
doom and gloom
gutted
frantic
anxious
looking on the black side
repellent
unappealing
unappetizing
untempting
unattractive
very sad
let down
in the toilet
low-down
cavernous
repining
deeply saddened
deeply regretful
very regretful
feel-bad
unforgiving
up the creek
without hope
bummed-out
no-win
strabilious
heinous
poorly lit
badly lit
ill-lit
hair-raising
taken aback
nauseating
repulsive
offensive
sickening
shamefaced
dashed
can't win
atrabilious
dampened
drooping
sagging
not a prayer
at end of one's rope
at the end of your tether
in the soup
disgusting
unenticing
repugnant
onerous
burdensome
resentful
pouting
petulant
cantankerous
fractious
testy
peevish
stiff
bodeful
premonitory
fateful
angry
vexed
perverse
pouty
chippy
aloof
inhuman
snappish
crotchety
unresponsive
crusty
bored
withdrawn
out of humour
uncooperative
fretful
ornery
obstinate
sourpussed
sulking
querulous
stroppy
tired
waspish
searing
sinistrous
precursive
baneful
augural
malificent
warning
doomful
minacious
presaging
malign
impending
suggestive
prophetic
prescient
malefic
haunting
fearful
jaded
murderous
sick
hardhanded
wearied
backbreaking
blasé
hefty
irritated
annoyed
in a huff
having a fit of the sulks
in a mood
in the sulks
in a strop
rough going
hazy
exasperated
irked
misty
foggy
satiated
narked
dissatisfied
nubilous
unclear
beclouded
hazed
overclouded
surfeited
sated
hacked off
not best pleased
up to here
sick and tired
rainy
subfusc
clouded over
more ❯
“I laughed despite my
dismal
mood and felt better than I had all night.”
Adjective
▲
Causing a mood of sadness or depression
depressing
dispiriting
grim
sad
somber
US
sombre
UK
dreary
melancholy
saddening
sorry
bleak
cheerless
comfortless
drear
funereal
heartbreaking
heartrending
mournful
dark
desolate
gloomy
pathetic
tearful
teary
afflictive
disagreeable
discouraging
ghastly
gruesome
hopeless
horrid
inauspicious
sorrowing
troublesome
unfortunate
uninviting
distressing
miserable
wretched
woeful
upsetting
harrowing
doleful
disheartening
tragic
distressful
sorrowful
lamentable
heart-rending
joyless
poignant
melancholic
grievous
dreadful
dire
appalling
pitiful
painful
agonizing
US
horrific
grave
shocking
depressive
rueful
daunting
disturbing
pitiable
deplorable
macabre
traumatic
drab
unhappy
glum
agonising
UK
morbid
horrible
terrible
awful
disappointing
forlorn
solemn
dolorous
morose
disquieting
regrettable
moving
unpleasant
horrendous
gut-wrenching
unnerving
black
poor
frightening
troubling
disconcerting
demoralizing
US
discomforting
worrying
dejecting
dingy
affecting
demoralising
UK
bitter
horrifying
vexatious
dispirited
nightmarish
cold
mirthless
loathsome
off-putting
unsettling
worrisome
sullen
stressful
touching
unfavourable
UK
bad
lachrymose
oppressive
sober
difficult
irksome
tenebrous
piteous
agitating
unfavorable
US
grisly
uncomfortable
mortifying
perturbing
tragical
humourless
UK
humorless
US
lurid
frightful
sickening
atrocious
monstrous
offensive
forbidding
distressed
repugnant
objectionable
crushing
alarming
plaintive
abject
torturous
unlucky
shadowy
stirring
afflicting
troublous
harsh
excruciating
discomposing
displeasing
hideous
unwelcome
terrifying
tear-jerking
revolting
fearsome
sepulchral
ominous
lugubrious
repulsive
gray
US
murky
heart-breaking
grey
UK
nerve-racking
nerve-wracking
depressed
severe
God-awful
rotten
afflicted
disenchanting
ruthful
disconsolate
tormenting
nasty
dolesome
hurtful
hairy
sedate
unearthly
abominable
unbearable
anguished
heart-wrenching
unpropitious
to be pitied
fraught
eerie
foul
grotesque
ghostly
gory
foreboding
dismaying
hellacious
sour
nail-biting
distasteful
unpalatable
pitiless
grewsome
terrific
nightmare
repellent
irritating
annoying
spookish
weird
scary
shady
chilling
spooky
repellant
abhorrent
sick
unhealthy
uncongenial
unpleasing
galling
colourless
UK
colorless
US
lacklustre
UK
boring
monotonous
dim
lackluster
US
deep
lonely
lifeless
unexciting
blah
uninteresting
uninspiring
death-obsessed
humdrum
dull
pessimistic
low
despondent
suffering
lamenting
calamitous
heavy
emotional
blue
beseeching
ruined
imploring
commiserable
entreating
plangent
derisible
pensive
hapless
serious
commiserative
austere
testing
parlous
dampening
irritable
bewildering
frustrating
troubled
unpromising
mephitical
perplexing
hellish
unkind
sinister
vexing
revulsive
unamusing
aggravating
execrable
crummy
odious
lousy
detestable
unsavory
US
vile
repressing
inopportune
disadvantageous
dissuading
hindering
deterring
unsatisfactory
icky
stinking
unendurable
disgusting
nauseating
unacceptable
abysmal
obnoxious
gross
undesirable
diabolical
unappealing
uncool
awkward
yukky
cruel
grotty
yucky
godawful
grody
ugly
nauseous
mean
unsavoury
UK
beastly
unlovely
hostile
concerning
not encouraging
not hopeful
extremely bad
nagging
confronting
critical
urgent
sobering
weighty
far-reaching
hard
twisted
acute
strenuous
intense
perverted
diabolic
extreme
fierce
ghoulish
significant
big
considerable
deathly
brutal
intensive
devilish
tough
exacting
life-threatening
disastrous
unrelenting
earnest
deadly
tortuous
inhospitable
stringent
rigorous
scabrous
sadistic
sickly
consequential
major
threatening
taxing
straitened
biting
inexorable
spartan
stern
arduous
ill-fated
fatal
destructive
ruinous
devastating
dangerous
ill-starred
unspeakable
gut-churning
spine-chilling
from hell
sick-making
spine-tingling
racking
piercing
violent
sharp
searing
insufferable
profound
shooting
stabbing
exquisite
vehement
ferocious
overwhelming
burning
almighty
strong
blistering
powerful
explosive
vicious
furious
penetrating
excessive
peracute
fearful
consuming
cutting
concentrated
heightened
overpowering
shrill
sudden
heavy-duty
more than one can bear
more than flesh and blood can stand
more ❯
“This must be ever remembered as a melancholy day, for it brought me the
dismal
news of my great and good friend, Dr. Samuel Johnson.”
Adjective
▲
Pitifully or disgracefully bad
awful
bad
terrible
dreadful
poor
rotten
dire
abominable
deplorable
disgraceful
horrendous
inadequate
inferior
lamentable
lousy
mediocre
pitiful
unsatisfactory
appalling
bungling
crummy
diabolical
duff
inept
pathetic
shoddy
atrocious
bum
chronic
disappointing
execrable
hopeless
horrible
odious
pants
poxy
punk
ropy
rubbish
sad
sorry
sucky
wretched
abysmal
derisory
direful
egregious
frightful
godawful
disastrous
miserable
woeful
second-rate
third-rate
a load of pants
god-awful
substandard
shabby
rubbishy
low-grade
trashy
deficient
grotty
cheap
unacceptable
paltry
lame
dissatisfactory
junky
subpar
suboptimal
worthless
imperfect
abject
useless
contemptible
wanting
sleazy
below par
below standard
schlocky
crude
low-quality
low-rent
schlock
shocking
laughable
defective
two-bit
base
faulty
under par
pitiable
coarse
mean
disagreeable
bargain-basement
tatty
sordid
common
below average
cheapjack
seedy
second-class
insufficient
tawdry
dilapidated
unsound
sub-par
gimcrack
junk
tacky
middling
ordinary
squalid
unpleasant
slummy
dodgy
flawed
subnormal
crumby
dingy
ghastly
run down
scruffy
grungy
dime-a-dozen
nasty
trumpery
pits
average
lemon
tumbledown
down at heel
indifferent
downmarket
neglected
tinny
tenth-rate
unexceptional
pedestrian
cut-rate
hack
jerry-built
very bad
bush-league
feeble
ramshackle
grim
bush
good-for-nothing
vile
scuzzy
not up to snuff
insalubrious
unspeakable
cruddy
leaving much to be desired
not up to much
weak
cheesy
unfortunate
poorer
ratty
low
beastly
el cheapo
calamitous
repulsive
the pits
déclassé
wrong
horrid
shambly
wack
unmaintained
hideous
skanky
shacky
off
grave
seamy
desperate
less-than-stellar
decaying
crumbling
slumlike
grievous
not up to scratch
slum-like
God-awful
poor-quality
uncared-for
not much cop
low-end
shameful
gone to rack and ruin
stinking
meager
US
abhorrent
catastrophic
hateful
gross
serious
grubby
damnable
incompetent
heinous
bodger
not up to standard
unsavoury
UK
unsavory
US
meagre
UK
rundown
lacking
broken-down
run-down
cheap and nasty
horrifying
despicable
offensive
terrifying
gruesome
revolting
frightening
alarming
foul
craptacular
dirty
repellent
forbidding
detestable
scary
fearsome
loathsome
dread
unsightly
mangy
sickening
monstrous
intimidating
formidable
regrettable
redoubtable
garbage
scurvy
horrific
scummy
scabby
sour
rueful
unkempt
terrific
tinhorn
ridiculous
scrubby
distressing
absurd
ludicrous
slovenly
threadbare
extreme
piss-poor
dumpy
tatterdemalion
timeworn
impaired
disreputable
silly
low quality
weak sauce
poor quality
bombed-out
moth-eaten
beat-up
dog-eared
down-at-the-heels
down-at-heel
spine-chilling
half-pie
hair-raising
lurid
foolish-looking
strictly for the birds
from hunger
insufferable
no great shakes
messed up
piteous
commonplace
objectionable
end-of-the-pier
uncomfortable
yucky
amiss
cataclysmic
naff
second-best
repellant
flimsy
shlocky
godforsaken
shlock
ill
crying
ropey
poorly
tragic
affecting
second class
off-colour
UK
decayed
sloppy
inefficient
reduced
limited
cheapie
screwed up
slipshod
sneaking
tough
depressing
not cutting it
rough
careless
dishevelled
UK
disheveled
US
harmful
rancid
little
ineffectual
impotent
derisible
monumental
off-color
US
well below par
sparing
insubstantial
restricted
inappreciable
inconsiderable
ineffective
no good
disgusting
hellish
rebarbative
disgustful
hellacious
loathly
bad quality
poverty-stricken
low cost
harrowing
dreaded
severe
piddling
of a sort
cheap-jack
for the birds
unprepossessing
vicious
grisly
macabre
repugnant
skeezy
dowdy
inconvenient
unnerving
disturbing
petrifying
unwelcome
dangerous
excessive
nightmarish
obnoxious
slimy
scungy
under-strength
obscene
faded
dishonest
crooked
down and dirty
low-class
smirched
worn
tired
limp
nauseous
reprehensible
scandalous
unsuitable
amateurish
unimpressive
accursed
confounded
intolerable
inadmissible
cheapo
dubious
questionable
insupportable
scurrilous
condemnable
indefensible
out
irremediable
inacceptable
reject
cursed
cringe-making
not up to par
fearful
valueless
second rate
of poor quality
of low quality
gloomy
half-baked
not on
ominous
won't do
critical
outrageous
cruel
ugly
parlous
bedraggled
tattered
decrepit
untidy
rickety
worn-out
bodeful
menial
afflictive
fierce
irretrievable
oppressing
insignificant
measly
trivial
trifling
petty
displeasing
puny
distasteful
inconsequential
unimportant
negligible
noisome
ignoble
no-good
low-down
footling
fulsome
lowly
inglorious
beggarly
filthy
minor
piffling
unworthy
undistinguished
nauseating
plebeian
wicked
humble
noxious
evil
grody
damaged
dinky
twopenny-halfpenny
spiteful
slight
lower-class
unfair
simple
minute
proletarian
ignominious
unsatisfying
modest
nugatory
minimal
unpalatable
heartbreaking
blithering
unpretentious
unrefined
underprivileged
flaming
infernal
bogus
low-ranking
obscure
icky
vulgar
humdrum
not good enough
minor-league
stinky
not good
unfit
plebby
unkind
low-born
scanty
scant
a dime a dozen
entry-level
bottom-rung
two a penny
malicious
upsetting
inexcusable
unlucky
hurtful
small
dishonorable
US
dishonourable
UK
unwarranted
sketchy
nominal
uncharitable
unfavourable
UK
dislikable
unfavorable
US
picayune
niggling
piddly
undesirable
exiguous
pimping
wanky
mean-spirited
peanut
chicken
futile
worse
pointless
makeshift
unproductive
profitless
unprofitable
empty
unavailing
meaningless
mingy
subsidiary
unappetizing
barren
baseborn
malodorous
meretricious
inutile
thrown together
villainous
unremarkable
unwashed
uninviting
smelly
counterproductive
rank
acrid
putrid
fetid
US
polluted
mephitic
uncalled for
dirty rotten
unusable
dud
sterile
pongy
whiffy
lowborn
prole
out of order
smudged
stained
mucky
besmirched
yukky
befouled
smutty
blackened
miasmal
sullied
bemired
dusty
unclean
uncleanly
niffy
black
draggled
bitter
grimy
funky
uncongenial
unlovely
unpleasing
harsh
muddy
begrimed
soiled
de minimis
Mickey Mouse
nothing
festy
yucko
olid
unessential
below the belt
minor league
uncouth
lumpen
waste
foetid
UK
poison
ungodly
unholy
kitsch
scroungy
abandoned
pinchbeck
Brummagem
brassy
small potatoes
working-class
of low birth
sick-making
off-putting
low-life
of low rank
rinky-dink
dime-store
on the nose
not satisfying
no-account
unhappy
out of sorts
sick
crook
off colour
overwhelming
unbearable
misbegotten
garbagy
negligent
exceptionable
outclassed
worst
corny
cheeseball
dislikeable
dissatisfying
inexpert
unskilful
unpopular
throwaway
catchpenny
tremendous
patchy
failing
tinpot
unpolished
twopenny
brummagem
degenerate
from hell
catty
brackish
unsportsmanlike
illegal
malevolent
impermissible
inappropriate
undesired
incomplete
stupid
poopy
scrappy
ailing
disconcerting
disquieting
drossy
hairy
revulsive
brutal
badly built
extremely bad
low in quality
blah
not acceptable
not up to expectations
plastic
pretentious
gaudy
heartrending
raunchy
downer
diddly
bummer
bad news
fallacious
erroneous
not the best
blameworthy
found wanting
poisonous
distressful
third string
second string
second fiddle
fair
sorrowful
rock-bottom
lowest of the low
the dumps
leaving a lot to be desired
untoward
ersatz
mournful
ungenerous
tragical
mere
unwanted
ill-advised
too bad
melancholy
hurting
gut-wrenching
pettifogging
peripheral
fruitless
vain
of little account
nickel-and-dime
very little
bootless
lesser
senseless
evil-smelling
foul-smelling
hollow
null
chaffy
secondary
subordinate
banal
second-string
junior
subservient
unassuming
unfructuous
demeaning
degrading
ancillary
second-fiddle
smaller
bottom
meritless
to no avail
slighter
lower
servile
lower-ranking
no use
a dead loss
of no benefit
small-fry
small-time
lower in status
third-string
undersized
subjacent
lower in rank
back seat
less important
second-banana
beneath someone
below someone
under someone's heel
not very important
not so important
more ❯
“Whoever is in the kitchen is a
dismal
chef who doesn't taste, love or care about food.”
Adjective
▲
(
of weather
)
Dark or overcast
overcast
gloomy
cloudy
dark
dreary
gray
US
grey
UK
beclouded
clouded
foggy
sunless
darkened
dim
dingy
drab
inhospitable
lowering
shadowy
clouded over
hazy
murky
dull
leaden
heavy
louring
misty
hazed
overclouded
nebulous
not clear
dusky
mucky
soupy
gauzy
brumous
nubilous
nontranslucent
befogged
dense
obscure
blurred
nontransparent
threatening
mushy
opaque
muddy
indistinct
smoggy
black
menacing
dirty
sombre
UK
cheerless
oppressive
promising rain
somber
US
not fair
more ❯
“With regard to the
dismal
weather outside, it does not come as a surprise that Moser arrived looking pale after a liverish attack which had kept him awake.”
Adjective
▲
(
of an area of land
)
Unsuitable for, or inconducive to, growing crops or vegetation
waste
barren
uncultivated
bare
unproductive
infertile
wild
arid
boney
bony
dead
desert
devastated
hardscrabble
impoverished
poor
stark
unfertile
unfruitful
dreary
fallow
sterile
bleak
windswept
inhospitable
desolate
uncultivatable
fruitless
empty
depleted
infecund
lifeless
dry
non-fertile
unyielding
exhausted
denuded
lean
unprolific
uncultivable
unvegetated
impotent
lonely
effete
deserted
harsh
austere
parched
unbearing
nonreproductive
non-productive
dry as dust
Adjective
▲
Having or arousing feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia, typically in an exaggerated and self-indulgent way
sentimental
soppy
mushy
mawkish
corny
sloppy
schmaltzy
cloying
drippy
maudlin
saccharine
slushy
sugary
sappy
gooey
soupy
cheesy
novelettish
emotional
cutesy
syrupy
sickly
sugarcoated
weepy
spooney
spoony
fruity
sticky
icky
twee
romantic
treacly
cornball
overemotional
wet
touching
gushing
hokey
sloshy
effusive
gushy
tearful
nostalgic
lachrymose
soapy
sweet
jejune
pathetic
moving
inane
demonstrative
poignant
tender
dreamy
simpering
affected
idealistic
overacted
impressionable
passionate
softhearted
tragic
insipid
vapid
languishing
moonstruck
depressing
melancholy
sad
silly
plaintive
rosewater
visionary
lovey-dovey
over-sentimental
tear-jerking
sick-making
chocolate-box
toe-curling
heart-rending
hearts-and-flowers
sugar-coated
dewy-eyed
three-hanky
Mills-and-Boon
soft-hearted
three-hankie
bathetic
nauseating
sickening
trite
sobby
banal
sickly-sweet
oversweet
oversentimental
honeyed
soft
tacky
sickly sweet
kitschy
cute
affectionate
loving
impassioned
enthusiastic
melodramatic
unreserved
teary
unrestrained
rhapsodic
OTT
over the top
lyrical
stirring
affecting
emotive
self-pitying
heart-warming
fatuous
dramatic
heartbreaking
soul-stirring
haunting
romanticised
UK
romanticized
US
excessive
hacky
fulsome
harrowing
bromidic
impactful
poetic
kitsch
cornpone
schlocky
choking
campy
ingratiating
candied
extravagant
feeble
ebullient
expansive
hagiographical
adulatory
unctuous
lavish
exuberant
oleaginous
hagiographic
misty-eyed
over-effusive
oily
goo-goo
expressive
dime-store
over-enthusiastic
hyped up
corn-fed
over-emotional
warmed-over
laid on with a trowel
disgusting
precious
over-the-top
cloyingly sweet
too much
histrionic
pretty
attractive
picturesque
pretty-pretty
soft-focus
namby-pamby
powerful
uplifting
blubbery
glib
hammy
voluble
impressive
overdone
uninhibited
ecstatic
overenthusiastic
rapturous
inspired
euphoric
sensitive
touchy-feely
carried away
deeply felt
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Arousing little or no interest
uninteresting
boring
monotonous
tedious
tiresome
wearisome
dreary
dull
humdrum
pedestrian
banal
colourless
UK
drab
insipid
leaden
ponderous
prosaic
slow
soporific
tired
tiring
trite
unexciting
uninspiring
unvaried
wearying
bland
characterless
colorless
US
flat
heavy
drudging
fatiguing
jading
jejune
lifeless
monochromatic
numbing
old
prosy
stale
stodgy
stuffy
arid
bromidic
common
commonplace
dry
dusty
hackneyed
samey
uneventful
weary
depressing
nothing
nowhere
repetitious
stupid
tame
unenjoyable
unentertaining
mind-numbing
ho-hum
dry as dust
ho hum
big yawn
mundane
mindless
lacklustre
UK
laborious
monochrome
unvarying
lackluster
US
vapid
uninspired
plodding
overlong
mechanical
draggy
routine
prolix
enervating
weariful
interminable
pabulum
dreich
exhausting
dragging
poky
snooze
dullsville
mortal
endless
run-of-the-mill
lacking variety
deadly dull
dull as dishwater
long-drawn-out
not fun
unimaginative
spiritless
unremarkable
sterile
blah
dead
ordinary
wishy-washy
vanilla
repetitive
plain
vacuous
weak
feeble
everyday
workaday
anaemic
UK
unstimulating
nondescript
barren
bloodless
limp
mediocre
anemic
US
unoriginal
torpid
derivative
zestless
lame
deadly
lustreless
usual
turgid
soul-destroying
hacky
quotidian
pallid
platitudinous
unanimated
banausic
inane
dim
quiet
featureless
inoffensive
wooden
laboured
UK
labored
US
soulless
sluggish
conventional
zero
milk-and-water
antiseptic
sleepy
unexceptional
plain vanilla
predictable
static
unchanging
well-worn
apathetic
stereotyped
watery
clichéd
stiff
innocuous
stock
stagnant
vacant
middle-of-the-road
corny
long-winded
treadmill
normal
undistinguished
common or garden
moth-eaten
heavy-going
dull as ditchwater
uncreative
unmemorable
nothing to write home about
pointless
lusterless
empty
listless
unrelieved
irksome
threadbare
uniform
undistinctive
tasteless
customary
expressionless
monotone
non-stimulating
matter-of-fact
overused
passionless
driveling
US
namby-pamby
ornery
drivelling
UK
muted
day-to-day
shopworn
lacking variation
familiar
difficult
cliche
hackney
truistic
neutral
cobwebby
no great shakes
gray
US
grey
UK
not up to much
average
menial
worn out
played out
toneless
plebeian
run of the mill
typical
slack
pedantic
lethargic
trying
timeworn
unpassioned
unlively
regular
hack
overworked
terrestrial
unproductive
safe
hollow
unpalatable
flavourless
UK
lowly
white-bread
garden-variety
flavorless
US
sapless
stilted
desolate
musty
inactive
downcast
yawnsome
trivial
obligatory
inert
heavy going
nitty-gritty
comatose
flat tire
square
one-horse
stereotypical
so-so
lacking excitement
lacking interest
ineffective
unromantic
worn-out
dead-and-alive
old hat
a dime a dozen
cliché-ridden
cliché
long
serious
usual thing
over-serious
prosing
longwinded
annoying
irritating
bummer
drag
cloying
drear
bomb
uninterested
tepid
sleep-inducing
unappealing
miserable
unspirited
boresome
vexatious
disheartening
unsatisfying
demoralizing
US
unfulfilling
indistinct
cardboard
formal
wordy
garden variety
unobjectionable
poor
half-hearted
inadequate
deadening
harmless
unexceptionable
mainstream
staid
puerile
mean
frustrating
raw
dispiriting
wintry
US
sorrowful
damp
oppressive
windy
halfhearted
diluted
wintery
UK
half-pie
bog-standard
OK
verbose
fuddy-duddy
unprogressive
unfeeling
mat
unexpressive
matte
unexcited
dulled
soft
nebbish
beige
fatuous
tenuous
slight
subdued
recurrent
meager
US
boiled down
without punch
weighty
meagre
UK
unmodulated
undemonstrative
bleak
dowdy
backward
forced
depressed
unseasoned
whitebread
blind
not so hot
unfateful
indecisive
noneventful
unnoteworthy
inconclusive
least
Milquetoast
reiterated
sombre
UK
somber
US
unartistic
uninventive
backwoods
samely
monotonic
unchanged
workday
demoralising
UK
unpoetic
literal
unimpassioned
hard to digest
unadventurous
derived
sleeping
without variety
set
all the same
sing-song
flat as pancake
lead balloon
passive
puts one to sleep
dormant
behind the times
bathetic
useless
emotionless
imitative
anodyne
outworn
droning
standard
futile
cold
slothful
motionless
incomprehensible
inarticulate
incoherent
vain
profitless
inexpressive
formulaic
passable
low-grade
steady
joyless
lank
spent
simple
lacking vitality
two-dimensional
unrewarding
dense
unreadable
devoid of feeling
devoid of emotion
fruitless
worthless
straightforward
yawn
slow-moving
slow but sure
businesslike
unembellished
unemotional
unadorned
deadpan
badly written
clean
aimless
valueless
unprofitable
purposeless
standard-issue
cut-and-dried
cut-and-dry
ineffectual
otiose
unavailing
unsuccessful
bootless
inefficacious
abortive
cornball
overdone
hokey
hoary
unfruitful
unfilled
unprolific
clear
time-worn
dime-store
hicksville
deadsville
dragsville
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