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(adj) gloomy, grim, sorry, dark, drear, dreary, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, blue
causing dejection
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
(adj) olive-drab
of a light brownish green color
lacking brightness or color; dull
drab faded curtains; sober Puritan grey; children in somber brown clothes
(adj) dreary
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
her drab personality; life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas; a series of dreary dinner parties
(noun) olive drab
a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown