Of an era, a person's feelings or experiences, etc.: devoid of happiness, pleasure, or hope; unhappy; pessimistic; bleak.

Not merry; lacking in joy or merriment; not joyful, mirthless. In early use also: †not pleasing, disagreeable (obsolete).

Of the nature of or resembling death; having the appearance of death or of a corpse; gloomy, pale, still, etc., in a manner which evokes death.

Fraught with, accompanied by, or causing grief, sorrow, etc.; distressful, gloomy, dreary, dismal.

Remote, lonely; dreary, miserable. Obsolete exc. dialect.

Long, lengthy, protracted, esp. excessively, tediously, or dispiritingly so; (of a road or way) long and wearisome; (of speech or other…

Providing no comfort or encouragement; chilling. Cf. cold, adj. 10. Obsolete.

figurative. Darkened by misfortune, grief, anger, forebodings, etc.; full of gloom or trouble; gloomy, sullen, frowning.

Expressing or showing sorrow; (esp. of a look, tone, gesture, or feature) mournful.

figurative. Said of things which chill, or depress the vital emotions, and of the feeling thus produced; gloomy, dispiriting, deadening.

Resembling or suggestive of death, death-like. Death-like in darkness, gloom, dullness, silence, etc.

Causing or affording no joy; cheerless, dismal, dreary.

Not joyful; joyless; without joy.

Causing despondency; dispiriting, disheartening; cheerless, gloomy.

Of a thing, event, action, etc.: expressing or indicating mourning or sorrow; doleful, sad, dismal.

Mournful, gloomy, melancholy; funereal.

Not enlivening or gladdening; cheerless.

Attended with or causing sorrow or grief; grievous, distressing. Obsolete.

= doleful, adj.1

Proceeding from or caused by a heavy heart; sad, doleful.

Of things: Gloomy, dark; dismal. Now only figurative from sense 1.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

Of an emotion, state of mind, etc.: full of gloom, melancholy, misery, or sadness; very depressed.

Devoid of pleasure, joyless.

Dark, drear, dire. archaic.

Having the character of a lament; expressive of sorrow; mournful, sad.

Somewhat gloomy.

Offering no cheer or comfort; esp. (of a place, the weather, etc.) gloomy, dreary, bleak. Also: not feeling or expressing any happiness; joyless…

Devoid of physical comfort; dreary, cheerless. (The most usual current sense.)

figurative with various shades of meaning. Aged; infirm or withered as a result of old age. Of hair: white with age. Also applied to old age, esp…

Gloomy. Obsolete.

Of or relating to a funeral or funerals; funerary; (hence) mournful, gloomy, melancholy; funereal.

That discourages or causes discouragement; disheartening.

Mournful, dreary.

Figurative uses. Gloomy, depressing. Now rare.

Without comfort or consolation.

Of immaterial things, actions, conditions: Gloomy, dismal, melancholy; sometimes with the notion of ‘passing heavily, moving sluggishly’.

Dismaying, daunting.

Characterized by, expressing or causing mourning; doleful, mournful, sorrowful.

figurative. Gloomy, melancholy.

Mournful. Obsolete.

Of or relating to a funeral or funerals; (hence) mournful, gloomy, melancholy; funereal.

That damps, in various senses: see damp, v.

Causing humiliation of feeling; (in early use) humbling, depressing; vexatious, annoying; (later usually) humiliating, shameful, embarrassing. (Now…

Causing tears; mournful, melancholy. ? Obsolete.

Of life, surroundings, etc.: Unattractive, unpleasant, uncomfortable. Obsolete or archaic.

Of a dull character or quality; dreary, dismal.

Mournful, sorrowful.

Of a character or aspect that causes gloom and depression; depressingly dark, sombre, gloomy, dreary, or cheerless.

= wintry, adj. (in various senses).

Of a place or route: lonely, desolate; bleak; eerie, unsettling.

Given to or characterized by moping; = mopey, adj.

Originally: (chiefly of a person) abandoned by God; consigned to evil ways, depraved, profligate. Subsequently: (esp. of a place) lacking any…

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

Of or relating to a funeral or funerals; (hence) mournful, gloomy, melancholy; funereal.

= lugubrious, adj.

Of a dreary character; lonely and desolate.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

Of or pertaining to the dead; funereal, gloomy.

= dreary, adj. 4.

figurative. Devoid of happiness, pleasure, or hope; unhappy; cheerless; gloomy.

That makes (a person) sad (sad, adj. 5a); (also) becoming sad.

Causing sadness; depressing, melancholic.

That disheartens; discouraging, dispiriting.

Of or relating to a funeral or funerals; (hence) mournful, gloomy, melancholy; funereal.

Bringing sorrow, mournful, gloomy.

Saddening, depressing.

figurative or in figurative context. Black, dismal.

Dismal, gloomy; repulsively dull or uninteresting. (The ordinary current sense: apparently a later weakening of 2.)

figurative. Mentally or morally dark; gloomy; obscure in meaning.

figurative. Darkened with any passion or trouble; gloomy.

Extremely unhappy; sorrowful, mournful; = tragic, adj. 1b.

Appropriate for, or reminiscent of, a funeral; gloomy, mournful, melancholy.

Causing gloom or depression of spirits; dismal, disheartening.

transferred. Suggestive of a sepulchre, appropriate to a tomb; dismal, gloomy, melancholy.

Such as to put one ‘in the dumps’.

figurative. Cheerless, dreary.

figurative. Tending to produce depression, esp. of the spirits; of depressing nature.

Lugubrious.

Of a place, occasion, etc.: dull, gloomy, tedious. Also, of the weather: misty, foggy; muggy.

That dispirits; disheartening, depressing.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

Not jolly; lacking in joy or merriment.

= Decemberish adj.; also as adv.

Conveying gloomy ideas or suggestions.

Dreary; uncomfortable; unfriendly.

That depresses (see the verb); usually in figurative senses, esp. 6; causing depression or lowness of spirits.

Not mirthful; without humour.

Of persons, etc. Cf. sombre, adj. 2.

resembling or characteristic of December; esp. cold, dark, or dreary.

Lacking hope, pleasure, or cheerfulness; dismal, gloomy; sad, depressing.

(un-, prefix1 affix 4.)

Not cheerful, jovial, or kindly.

(un-, prefix1 affix 4.)

Of a country, or its physical features, the soil, etc. (with figurative notion of senses A. 1 A. 4): Unkindly, inhospitable; destitute of amenity…

That chills: in various senses of the verb.

(un-, prefix1 affix 2.)

Given to or characterized by moping; listless and dejected.

That desponds; losing or having lost heart or resolution.

Dreary, dismal; melancholy, wretched.

pressing down like lead.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

That causes a loss of confidence, hope, or morale; dispiriting, disheartening.

Belonging to or characteristic of November; dismal, gloomy (see November, n. 1c).

figurative. Said of things: Chilling, depressing.

Sad, mournful, gloomy.

Exhibiting, characterized by, or suffering great distress, misfortune, or sorrow; extremely unhappy. Cf. tragical, adj. 1b.

In extended use: any repository of unwanted, forgotten, or discarded things; a gloomy, cheerless place.

(un-, prefix1 affix 2.)

Gloomy, dark; dusky.

Devoid of brightness or cheerfulness; dark, dull, cheerless.

Of a quality, condition, time, etc.: characterized by spiritual dejection or malaise.

= Novemberish, adj.

Of a place, event, etc.: gloomy, dreary, melancholy.

Chiefly U.S. colloquial. Causing or characterized by depression, despondency, or lack of vigour; depressing, dispiriting. Cf. down, n.4 1c.

Wanting in lustre or brightness: originally of the eyes, countenance, etc., after Shakespeare.

= godforsaken, adj. (cf. sense 7).

Characterized by pessimism or negativity; gloomy, sombre, morose.

Of a thing: depressing, weird.