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Dark or poorly lit

Causing or feeling depression or despondency

Negative or pessimistic in nature

Having a forbidding or joyless appearance

Not conducive to success

Suggestive of being angry or in a foul mood

Visually cloudy, difficult or impossible to see through

Of a serious or important nature or consequence

Lacking in color, vividness or brightness

Characterized by windy or stormy conditions

Having a pale or unhealthy skin tone

Creating needless worry or panic

A person who tends to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen

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Adjective

Dark or poorly lit

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“Nathan shuddered as he walked through the dark and gloomy corridor.”

Adjective

Causing or feeling depression or despondency

down in the dumps

in the doldrums

down in the mouth

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

sick as a parrot

ill-humoured^UK

singing the blues

uncommunicative

with a long face

as sick as a parrot

sorry for yourself

down-in-the-mouth

full of despair

given to looking on the black side

prostrate with grief

unable to be comforted

unable to be consoled

discombobulated

beside oneself with grief

conscience-stricken

having the blahs

having blue devils

at end of one's rope

at the end of your tether

on the verge of tears

having a fit of the sulks

lacking in confidence

lacking in enthusiasm

having lost heart

poverty-stricken

in floods of tears

with tears in your eyes

not best pleased

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

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“I tried to shake my gloomy mood for the sake of Kate who was trying hard to make me feel better.”

Adjective

Negative or pessimistic in nature

unfavourable^UK

looking on the black side

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

given to looking on the black side

heart-wrenching

looking on the dark side

anxiety provoking

disadvantageous

not encouraging

full of hardship

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“Experts say that the economic outlook for next year is gloomy.”

Adjective

Having a forbidding or joyless appearance

strictly business

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

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“On a muddy street near the waterfront, there was a gloomy tavern called The Seven Stars.”

Adjective

Not conducive to success

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

prognosticatory

counterproductive

environmentally unfriendly

uncomplimentary

bringing bad luck

neutralizing^US

neutralising^UK

on the debit side

behind eight ball

suggestive of evil

earth-shattering

bright and early

antagonistic to

antipathetic to

ill-disposed to

having no use for

unfavourably disposed to

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Adjective

Suggestive of being angry or in a foul mood

evil-intentioned

ill-humoured^UK

like a bear with a sore head

uncommunicative

with a long face

having got out of bed on the wrong side

hot under the collar

on a short fuse

as cross as two sticks

having got out of bed the wrong side

easily offended

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Adjective

Visually cloudy, difficult or impossible to see through

non-transparent

of high density

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Adjective

Of a serious or important nature or consequence

matter of life and death

of great import

of great importance

of significance

of great consequence

no laughing matter

earth-shattering

of the utmost importance

meat-and-potatoes

name-of-the-game

world-shattering

worthy of attention

carrying a lot of weight

of great moment

vitally important

at the leading edge

at the cutting edge

most influential

most illustrious

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Adjective

Lacking in color, vividness or brightness

dark-colored^US

dark-coloured^UK

light-coloured^UK

light-colored^US

like death warmed up

white as a ghost

white as a sheet

unhealthy-looking

peaches-and-cream

pale-colored^US

pastel-coloured^UK

pale-coloured^UK

pastel-colored^US

jaundiced-looking

black and white

black-and-white

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Adjective

Characterized by windy or stormy conditions

rough-and-tumble

raining cats and dogs

Adjective

Having a pale or unhealthy skin tone

like death warmed up

white as a sheet

drained of color

as white as a sheet

as white as a ghost

unhealthy-looking

white as a ghost

looking as if one has seen a ghost

dark-colored^US

dark-coloured^UK

light-coloured^UK

light-colored^US

anaemic-looking

light-complexioned

jaundiced-looking

peaches and cream

under the weather

out of condition

in poor condition

green about the gills

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Adjective

Creating needless worry or panic

given to looking on the black side

unfavourable^UK

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

looking on the black side

full of despair

looking on the dark side

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

in the doldrums

having reservations

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Noun

A person who tends to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen

doubting Thomas

prophet of doom

doom and gloom merchant

Job's comforter

dog in the manger

prophet of evil

hater of mankind

spreader of despair and despondency

stick in the mud

death's head at a feast

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