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  • 51dismal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cheerless, depressing, gloomy; doleful, somber, funereal. See dejection.Ant., joyous, delightful. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Depressing] Syn. gloomy, dreary, melancholy, dark, cheerless, bleak,… …

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  • 52somber — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. gloomy, dark, overcast, dull; sad, dismal, leaden, depressing, funereal. See darkness, dejection. Ant., bright, cheerful. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Dark] Syn. shady, cloudy, drab; see dark 1 , dull …

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  • 53sepulchral — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. funereal, burial, somber; see dismal 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [suh PUL krul] gloomy, dark, dismal, as of the grave. A sepulchral silence fell over the proceedings. SYN.: gloomy, dark,… …

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  • 54gloomy — [adj1] dark, black bleak, caliginous, cheerless, clouded, cloudy, crepuscular, desolate, dim, dismal, dreary, dull, dusky, forlorn, funereal, lightless, murky, obscure, overcast, overclouded, sepulchral, shadowy, somber, tenebrous, unilluminated …

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  • 55funebrial — (ˈ)fyü|nēbrēəl, neb adjective Etymology: Latin funebris funereal (from funus funeral) + English al : funereal …

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  • 56fu·ne·re·al — /fjuˈnirijəl/ adj : very sad and serious : suggesting a funeral a funereal silence funereal music …

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  • 57Berlin black — Black Black, n. 1. That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black. [1913 Webster] Black is the badge of hell, The hue of dungeons, and the suit of night. Shak.… …

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  • 58Black — Black, n. 1. That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black. [1913 Webster] Black is the badge of hell, The hue of dungeons, and the suit of night. Shak. [1913… …

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  • 59Black and white — Black Black, n. 1. That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black. [1913 Webster] Black is the badge of hell, The hue of dungeons, and the suit of night. Shak.… …

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  • 60Blue black — Black Black, n. 1. That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black. [1913 Webster] Black is the badge of hell, The hue of dungeons, and the suit of night. Shak.… …

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