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  • 61gloomy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. obscure, shadowy; despondent, glum. Ant., bright. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Dark] Syn. dim, clouded, unlit; see dark 1 . 2. [Melancholy] Syn. downhearted, depressed, morose; see sad 1 . 3.… …

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  • 62somber — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. gloomy, dark, overcast, dull; sad, dismal, leaden, depressing, funereal. See darkness, dejection. Ant., bright, cheerful. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Dark] Syn. shady, cloudy, drab; see dark 1 , dull …

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  • 63uninteresting — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dull, dreary, tedious, humdrum. See weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. tedious, boring, tiresome, dreary, wearisome, prosaic, pedestrian, fatiguing, monotonous, dull, drab, colorless, stale,… …

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  • 64dull — 1. adjective 1) a dull novel Syn: uninteresting, boring, tedious, monotonous, unrelieved, unvaried, unimaginative, uneventful; characterless, featureless, colorless, lifeless, insipid, unexciting, uninspiring, unstimulating …

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  • 65dull — adj 1 *stupid, slow, dumb, dense, crass Analogous words: *lethargic, sluggish, comatose: phlegmatic, stolid, *impassive, apathetic: *backward: retarded (see DELAY vb) Antonyms: clever, bright …

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  • 66dull — 1. adjective 1) a dull novel Syn: uninteresting, boring, tedious, monotonous, unimaginative, uneventful, characterless, featureless, colourless, lifeless, unexciting, uninspiring, flat, bland, stodgy, dreary; informal de …

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  • 67bright — [adj1] shining, glowing in appearance ablaze, aglow, alight, argent, auroral, beaming, blazing, brilliant, burning, burnished, coruscating, dazzling, effulgent, flashing, fulgent, fulgid, glaring, gleaming, glistening, glittering, glossy, golden …

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  • 68drear|y — «DRIHR ee», adjective, drear|i|er, drear|i|est, verb, drear|ied, drear|y| …

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  • 69Desert — Des ert (d[e^]z [ e]rt), n. [F. d[ e]sert, L. desertum, from desertus solitary, desert, pp. of deserere to desert; de + serere to join together. See {Series}.] 1. A deserted or forsaken region; a barren tract incapable of supporting population,… …

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  • 70Dismal — Dis mal, a. [Formerly a noun; e. g., I trow it was in the dismalle. Chaucer. Of uncertain origin; but perh. (as suggested by Skeat) from OF. disme, F. d[^i]me, tithe, the phrase dismal day properly meaning, the day when tithes must be paid. See… …

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