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1 gloomy
1) (sad or depressed: Don't look so gloomy.) dapur, hnugginn2) (depressing: gloomy news.) niðurdrepandi3) (dim; dark: gloomy rooms.) dimmur, skuggsÿnn -
2 cheerless
adjective (gloomy: a cheerless room.) gleðisnauður -
3 cloud
1.1) (a mass of tiny drops of water floating in the sky: white clouds in a blue sky; The hills were hidden in cloud.) skÿ2) (a great number or quantity of anything small moving together: a cloud of flies.) mökkur, skÿ3) (something causing fear, depression etc: a cloud of sadness.) áhyggjur, þyngsli2. verb1) ((often with over) to become cloudy: The sky clouded over and it began to rain.) þykkna í lofti2) (to (cause to) become blurred or not clear: Her eyes were clouded with tears.) verða óskÿr, fyllast3) (to (cause to) become gloomy or troubled: His face clouded at the unhappy news.) verða þungbúinn•- cloudy
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4 dejected
[di'‹ektid](gloomy or miserable: He looked rather dejected.) niðurdreginn- dejection -
5 depress
[di'pres]1) (to make sad or gloomy: I am always depressed by wet weather.) hryggja2) (to make less active: This drug depresses the action of the heart.) draga úr•- depressing
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6 depressing
adjective (tending to make one sad or gloomy: What a depressing piece of news!) niðurdrepandi -
7 despondent
[di'spondənt](feeling miserable, unhappy, gloomy etc: She was utterly despondent at her failure.) örvilnaður- despondency -
8 dismal
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9 dreary
['driəri]1) (gloomy: What dreary weather!) drungalegur2) (very dull: I've got to go to another dreary meeting tomorrow.) leiðinlegur•- drearily- dreariness -
10 gloom
[ɡlu:m]1) (a state of not quite complete darkness: I could not tell the colour of the car in the gloom.) myrkur, dimma2) (sadness: The king's death cast a gloom over the whole country.) drungi, depurð•- gloomy- gloominess -
11 glum
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12 sepulchral
1) (of tombs or burials.) grafar-, grafhÿsis-2) (gloomy or dismal: a deep, sepulchral voice.) drungalegur -
13 sombre
['sombə]1) (dark (and gloomy): Black is a sombre colour.) þungbúinn, myrkur2) (grave; serious: He was in a sombre mood.) dapur, þungbúinn
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