(adj) causing dejection, Syn. disconsolate, grim, gloomy, dreary, drear, dismal, drab, dingy, dark, sorry, Example: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) lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise, Syn. dreary, Example:her drab personality; life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas; a series of dreary dinner parties