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

27k
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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