Synonyms: gloomy, grim, sorry, dark, drab, drear, dreary, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, blue
Definition: causing dejection
Usage: a blue day; the dark days of the war; a week of rainy depressing weather; a disconsolate winter landscape; the first dismal dispiriting days of November; a dark gloomy day; grim rainy weather
Similar words: cheerless, depressing, uncheerful
Definition: causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
Usage: the economic outlook is depressing; something cheerless about the room; a moody and uncheerful person; an uncheerful place
Synonyms: deplorable, distressing, pitiful, lamentable, sorry, sad
Definition: bad; unfortunate
Usage: my finances were in a deplorable state; a lamentable decision; her clothes were in sad shape; a sorry state of affairs
Similar words: bad
Definition: having undesirable or negative qualities
Usage: a bad report card; his sloppy appearance made a bad impression; a bad little boy; clothes in bad shape; a bad cut; bad luck; the news was very bad; the reviews were bad; the pay is bad; it was a bad light for reading; the movie was a bad choice
Synonyms: sorry, no-account, no-count, no-good, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, meritless
Definition: without merit
Usage: a sorry horse; a sorry excuse; a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick; the car was a no-good piece of junk