History
History
Synonyms
UK
US
Meaning:
dismal

sad, gloomy; miserable

bleak, dreary, gloomy

morose

gloomy; bad-tempered

depressed, pessimistic

stern

demanding and enforcing obedience; severe; strict; the back end (of a ship or boat)

serious, authoritarian

sullen

silent and angry; dark and gloomy

brooding, upset

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FROWNING as in Wikipedia