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Very dark
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- Very dark
- Being of the color black, producing or reflecting comparatively little light and having no predominant hue.
- Being or characterized by morbid or grimly satiric humor:
Having the color of the clear sky or the deep sea
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- Having the color of the clear sky or the deep sea
- Being a trail, as for skiing, marked with a sign having a blue square, indicating an intermediate level of difficulty.
- Indecent; risqué:
Causing shade.
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- Causing shade.
- Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
- Full of shade; shaded:
Dull or commonplace in character; dreary:
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- Dull or commonplace in character; dreary:
- Not bright or lively; dull, dreary, or monotonous
- Of a light olive brown or khaki color.
Sadly or soberly musing; pensive
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- Sadly or soberly musing; pensive
- Feeling, showing, or expressing depression of the spirits; sad or dejected.
- Sad and depressed; gloomy
Dismal; bleak.
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- Dismal; bleak.
- Gloomy; cheerless; depressing; dismal; dull
- Boring; dull:
Urgent; desperate:
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- Urgent; desperate:
- Arousing terror or causing extreme distress; dreadful; terrible
- Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous:
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Exposed to wind and cold; unsheltered; treeless; bare
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- Exposed to wind and cold; unsheltered; treeless; bare
- Not cheerful; gloomy; dreary
- (Obs.) Pale; wan
Lacking cheer; depressing.
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Sullen or threatening:
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- Sullen or threatening:
- Almost black
- Reflecting only a small fraction of incident light; tending toward black:
Made uninhabitable; laid waste; in a ruinous state
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- Made uninhabitable; laid waste; in a ruinous state
- Feeling, showing, causing, or expressing sadness or loneliness.
- Barren; lifeless:
Causing gloom or misery; depressing
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- Causing gloom or misery; depressing
- Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit:
- Dark and gloomy; bleak; dreary
Dismal; bleak.
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- Dismal; bleak.
- Boring; dull:
- Gloomy; cheerless; depressing; dismal; dull
Feeling or looking gloomy, sullen, or morose
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- Feeling or looking gloomy, sullen, or morose
- Gloomy; dismal.
- Moody and melancholy; dejected.
Cheerless; dismal.
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- Cheerless; dismal.
- Without joy; unhappy, sad
Serving to obscure or darken.
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- Serving to obscure or darken.
- Making dark; obscuring
- Gloomy; dark.
Showing or expressing sincerity or seriousness:
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- Showing or expressing sincerity or seriousness:
- Serious and intense; not joking or playful; sincere, ardent, etc.
(--- Theol.) So evil as to cause spiritual death; mortal
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- (--- Theol.) So evil as to cause spiritual death; mortal
- Fraught with danger or harm:
- Requiring serious thought; important; weighty
Serenely deliberate, composed, and dignified in character or manner.
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- Serenely deliberate, composed, and dignified in character or manner.
- Calm, quiet, or composed; esp., serious and unemotional; staid; decorous
Requiring or carried out with careful thought or concern:
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- Requiring or carried out with careful thought or concern:
- Concerned with important rather than trivial matters:
- Not joking or trifling:
Serious or staid in character or conduct:
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- Serious or staid in character or conduct:
- Straightforward and serious; not exaggerated, emotional, or silly:
- Serious, solemn, grave, or sedate
Made with deep sincerity or invoking the force of religion:
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- Made with deep sincerity or invoking the force of religion:
- Serious or grave
- Serious and dignified:
(Rare) Resisting change; fixed
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- (Rare) Resisting change; fixed
- Characterized by sedateness and often a strait-laced sense of propriety; serious and conventional.
- Serious, organized, and professional; sober
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