[adj] causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
[adj] destructive of morale and self-reliance
Synonyms
blue, cheerless, dark, demoralising, demoralizing, depressing, disconsolate, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, gloomy, grim, uncheerful