adjective
1.
Synonyms: melancholy 2, doleful, dolesome, dolorous, lamentable, mournful, plaintive, rueful, sorrowful, woeful
Related Word: depressing, oppressing, oppressive; dour, glum, morose, saturnine, sullen
Contrasted words: blithe, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry; cheerful, glad, joyful
Antonyms: facetious
2.
Synonyms: gloomy 3, black, bleak, cheerless, depressant, dismal, dispiriting, dreary, joyless, somber