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Characterized by an atmosphere or expression lacking in cheer

Having a calm and serious manner or disposition

Lacking in light or brightness

Lacking in color or vividness

Causing distress, dread or alarm

Not excessively showy or lively

Having a very gloomy or ill-tempered expression or demeanor

Disturbing in nature due to references to death or dying

Lacking in vitality, force, or conviction

Feeling or expressing great anger

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Adjective

Characterized by an atmosphere or expression lacking in cheer

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

unfavourable^UK

of great import

no laughing matter

of significance

in the doldrums

of great importance

of great consequence

disadvantageous

uncommunicative

strictly business

earth-shattering

with a long face

full of hardship

full of despair

given to looking on the black side

discombobulated

sick as a parrot

looking on the black side

poverty-stricken

bound and determined

deep in thought

having the blahs

having blue devils

singing the blues

ill-humoured^UK

matter of life and death

discountenanced

as sick as a parrot

deeply saddened

heavy with grief

conscience-stricken

overcome with sorrow

on the verge of tears

down-in-the-mouth

extremely saddened

sorry for yourself

deeply regretful

self-reproachful

racked with suffering

racked with pain

mentally defeated

with tears in your eyes

at the end of your tether

longing for home

prostrate with grief

unable to be comforted

unable to be consoled

beside oneself with grief

emotionally defeated

at end of one's rope

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

in floods of tears

lacking in confidence

lacking in enthusiasm

having lost heart

at sixes and sevens

in sackcloth and ashes

extremely sorry

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“The letter has far more somber news that I know you will deeply regret.”

Adjective

Having a calm and serious manner or disposition

cool as a cucumber

self-respecting

highly regarded

well thought of

self-controlled

cool, calm and collected

tall in the saddle

well-thought-of

self-sufficient

sure of yourself

sure of oneself

in the public eye

of great consequence

fit for a queen

fit for a prince

fit for a princess

of the first rank

stick-in-the-mud

one for the book

something to write home about

out of this world

of high standing

highly esteemed

highly thought of

well-proportioned

tall and dignified

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“What can afford someone pleasure outwardly who is continually beset with a somber disposition?”

Adjective

Lacking in light or brightness

indistinguishable

lacking definition

barely perceptible

hard to make out

as black as pitch

unrecognizable^US

unrecognisable^UK

yellowish-brown

of high density

under the trees

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“Katerina thought they looked like a funeral party as they filed solemnly into the dark, somber room.”

Adjective

Lacking in color or vividness

dark-colored^US

dark-coloured^UK

like death warmed up

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“The room's somber colors form a good neutral background for several vivid artworks adorning the walls.”

Adjective

Causing distress, dread or alarm

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

unfavourable^UK

life-threatening

heart-wrenching

earth-shattering

disadvantageous

causing discomfort

down in the mouth

down in the dumps

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

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Adjective

Not excessively showy or lively

dark-coloured^UK

dark-colored^US

in the background

keeping a low profile

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Adjective

Having a very gloomy or ill-tempered expression or demeanor

ill-humoured^UK

uncommunicative

as cross as two sticks

like a bear with a sore head

on a short fuse

perversely irritable

having got out of bed on the wrong side

having got out of bed the wrong side

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Adjective

Disturbing in nature due to references to death or dying

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Adjective

Lacking in vitality, force, or conviction

undistinguished

run-of-the-mill

middle-of-the-road

no great shakes

nothing to write home about

dull as dishwater

nothing to get excited about

fair-to-middling

run-of-the-mine

common or garden

lacking variety

run of the mill

non-stimulating

lacking variation

nothing special

lacking excitement

lacking interest

dull as ditchwater

fair to middling

lacking vitality

soul-destroying

middle of the road

lacking in vitality

of no consequence

behind the times

two-dimensional

straightforward

not enthusiastic

undemonstrative

unexceptionable

inconsequential

devoid of emotion

unsophisticated

demoralizing^US

unobjectionable

standardized^US

in the doldrums

conventionalized

devoid of feeling

demoralising^UK

blending into the background

lacking personality

lacking charisma

without variety

par for the course

flat as pancake

neither one thing nor the other

puts one to sleep

unextraordinary

standardised^UK

anesthetized^US

run-of-the mill

nothing out of the ordinary

incomprehensible

anaesthetised^UK

of little importance

of no importance

of little consequence

not worth mentioning

of no great concern

not amounting to much

readily available

widely available

desensitized^US

uncompassionate

along for the ride

desensitised^UK

pure and simple

uncommunicative

lacking originality

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Adjective

Feeling or expressing great anger

hot under the collar

bent out of shape

blue in the face

foaming at the mouth

in high dudgeon

beside yourself

as cross as two sticks

with all guns blazing

not best pleased

gnashing one's teeth

at daggers drawn

in a towering rage

at boiling point

overcome with anger

in a filthy temper

beside yourself with rage

ill-humoured^UK

as black as thunder

rubbed the wrong way

at end of one's rope

hot and bothered

extremely angry

with a chip on your shoulder

burning with excitement

ready to be tied

carrying a chip on your shoulder

disapproving of

out of countenance

with chip on shoulder

nursing a grudge

in a cold sweat

at the end of your tether

full of dislike

blowing one's top

blowing a gasket

ranting and raving

mad as a hornet

discombobulated

discountenanced

like a fish out of water

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