morne
Meaning
gloomy, glum, dismal, dreary
Concepts
gloomy
dreary
bleak
dismal
gaunt
drab
sullen
cheerless
dark
desolate
mournful
doleful
sad
disconsolate
drear
somber
sombre
joyless
desperately boring
blue
dingy
grim
sorry
olive-drab
bony
cadaverous
emaciated
haggard
pinched
skeletal
wasted
surly
dull
dolorous
unhappy
appalling
colorless
depressing
dire
drearsome
dreich
sunless
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mɔʁn/
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French morne, from Old French morne, murne, (compare Old French morner (“to mourn”)), from Frankish *murn, from Proto-Germanic *murnaz. Cognate with English mourn, Old Norse morna (“to pine away”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌰𐌽 (maurnan).
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