tristis (sad, whose grief or sorrow aoout present evils is visible and impressed on his face): moestus (sad, melancholy; PROP., of persons, but also of things; Vid: also, SAD): miser (that excites compassion; e.g., situation, res; fate, fortuna; life, vita): miserabilis (miserable; e.g., aspect, sight, aspectus): luctuosus (sad, sorrowful; e.g., death, exitium): flelulis (that will draw forth tears): rather dismal, subtristis (rare; Terentianus): very dismal, pertristis; permoestus: to have a dismal countenance, vultu animi dolorem prae se ferre; vultu tristi or moesto esse: with a dismal countenance, moesto et conturbato vultu (Auct. ad Herenn.): dismal news, tristes nuncii: a dismal end, tristis exitus or eventus: dismal times, tempora misera, or dura, or iniqua; misera tempora et luctuosa (Cic.); temporum iniquitas, or gravitas, or calamitas. Vid. DARK, DREADFUL, etc.