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sexta-feira, 15 de fevereiro de 2013

Word of the day: Dingy


Dingy: sujo, esquálido, sombrio, desbotado
Synonyms: bedraggled, befouled, black, blackened, cruddy, dirty, draggled, dusty, filthy, foul, nasty, smudged, smutty, soiled, sordid, stained, sullied, unclean
“He's been staying in a dingy motel.”
“The bed sheets were pretty dingy so we threw them in the laundry pile.” (www.merriam-wbster.com)

domingo, 16 de dezembro de 2012

Word of the day: Dismal


Dismal: escuro, sombrio, carregado, lúgubre, triste, sinistro, funesto,  abatido, desanimador
Synonyms: black, cheerless, chill, cloudy, cold, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, depressive, desolate, dire, gloomy, drear, dreary, forlorn, funereal, glum, gray (also grey), lugubrious, miserable, morbid, morose, murky, sepulchral, tenebrous, wretched
“The show was a dismal failure.”
“The team's record is dismal.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

sábado, 15 de setembro de 2012

Word of the day; Glum


Glum:  carrancudo, de mau humor, taciturno, sombrio, abatido, lúgubre
Synonyms:  black, bleak, cheerless, chill, Cimmerian, cloudy, cold, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, depressive, desolate, dire, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary
“…the usual glum waiting room at the tax collector's office…” (www.merriam-webster.com)

terça-feira, 7 de fevereiro de 2012

Word of the Day: Murky


Murky: escuro, obscuro, sombrio, triste, (desonesto=Brit.)
Synonyms: black, darkened, darkish, darkling, darksome, dim, dimmed, dusk, dusky, gloomy, lightless, dark, obscure, obscured, tenebrous
 “… currents, murky water and low light are obstacles that Sentinel photographer George Skene has faced making underwater photos over the years.” (www.orlandosentinel.com)

domingo, 5 de fevereiro de 2012

Word of the Day: Murky


Murky: escuro, obscuro, sombrio, triste, (desonesto=Brit.)
Synonyms: black, darkened, darkish, darkling, darksome, dim, dimmed, dusk, dusky, gloomy, lightless, dark, obscure, obscured, tenebrous
 “… currents, murky water and low light are obstacles that Sentinel photographer George Skene has faced making underwater photos over the years.” (www.orlandosentinel.com)