| Dull |
| Drab |
| Glum |
| Bleak |
| Gloomy |
| Dismal |
| Gray __ |
| Humdrum |
| Overcast |
| Cheerless |
| [Boring!] |
| Very dull |
| Lackluster |
| Depressing |
| Monotonous |
| Depressive |
| Not bright |
| Sad or dull |
| Grey and dull |
| Gloomy & dismal |
| Like a rainy day |
| Like a cloudy day |
| Like a dismal day |
| Like overcast days |
| Not all that bright |
| Depressingly dismal |
| Like Poe's "midnight |
| Like rainy weather, say |
| Fifth word of "The Raven |
| Like rainy days, to some |
| First adjective in "The Raven |
| ''Once upon a midnight ___ ...'' |
| Like midnight, in “The Raven” |