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dyster.

gloomy (feeling, expressing, or marked by gloom)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

adj[ˈdʏ̌sːtɛr]

  1. gloomy (feeling, expressing, or marked by gloom)

    Conny var på ett dystert humör
    en dyster min

  2. gloomy (feeling, expressing, or marked by gloom) somber

    en dyster tillställning

  3. bleak, gloomy, dreary (evoking a feeling of gloom)

    grått och dystert väder
    en dyster situation
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German dūster, from Old Saxon thiustri (“obscure, dark”).

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