düster — meaning in English

English meaning

• bleak adj Cold, gray, and exposed, with nothing to soften the harshness of the scene.
• dark adj Having little or no light.
• dire adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
• dismal adjective Gloomy, dreary, and depressing.
• dour adjective Stern, unfriendly, and serious in manner or expression.
• gloomy adj Dark and dim, especially in a way that feels depressing.
• grim adj Bleak, gloomy, or discouraging.
• lugubrious adj Extremely gloomy and sad, often in an exaggerated way.
• murky adj Dark and hard to see through, especially describing water, fog, or light.
• obscure adjective Not well known.
• saturnine adj Describes someone who tends to be cold, distant and gloomy by nature.
• sombre adjective Dark, dim, or lacking in brightness.
• stern adjective Serious and strict in manner; harsh or severe.
• stygian adj Relating to the underworld; hellish.
• sullen adjective Gloomy, silent, and bad-tempered.
• surly adj Bad-tempered, unfriendly, and rude in manner.
• tenebrous adj Dark, gloomy and hard to see clearly.

Senses

düster is used for these senses in English:

• Stygian dark and gloomy, or infernal and hellish.
• bleak Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
• dire Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
• dismal Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.
• dismal Depressing, dreary, cheerless.
• dour Expressing gloom or melancholy.
• gloomy Not very illuminated; dim because of darkness, especially when appearing depressing or frightening.
• gloomy Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.

bleak — full definition

1. adj Cold, gray, and exposed, with nothing to soften the harshness of the scene.
2. adj Offering little hope; grim.

dark — full definition

1. adj Having little or no light.
2. adj Deep or intense in shade rather than light and bright.
3. adj Secretive, sinister, or morally troubling.
4. noun The absence of light; nightfall.

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