(~mer, ~mest)
1.
A situation or piece of information that is ~ is unpleasant, depressing, and difficult to accept.
They painted a ~ picture of growing crime...
There was further ~ economic news yesterday...
The mood could not have been ~mer.
ADJ
~ness
...an unrelenting ~ness of tone.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
A place that is ~ is unattractive and depressing in appearance.
...the tower blocks on the city’s ~ edges.
ADJ
3.
If a person or their behaviour is ~, they are very serious, usually because they are worried about something. (WRITTEN)
She was a ~ woman with a turned-down mouth...
Her expression was ~ and unpleasant.
ADJ
4.
If you say that something is ~, you think that it is very bad, ugly, or depressing. (INFORMAL)
Things were pretty ~ for a time.
ADJ