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dyster

adjectiveadjektiv

gloomy · bleak · grim · sombre

EtymologyOpphav

fra lavtysk from Low German

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

tristsad · dreary, drab, tungsindigmelancholy, alvorlig (2)grave sadtrist, melancholytungsindig, gravealvorlig (2)
  • et dystert landskap a bleak landscape
  • ha dystre minner fra bardommen to have grim memories from childhood
  • så dyster du ser ut! how gloomy you look!