Word of the day: DIM

Dim: ofuscar, turvar, escurecer,  tornar pouco visível, turvar a vista, deslustrar, escuro, ofuscado, opaco, obscuro, indistinto, vago

Synonyms: caliginous, darkened, darksome, dark, dimmed, dusk, gloomy, lightless, murky, obscure, tenebrous, unlit    

“Just the dim outline of the building could be seen through the fog.”

“I have a dim memory of your last visit.” (www.merriam-wbster.com)

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)

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)