black, bleak, cheerless, chill, Cimmerian, cloudy, cold, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, depressive, desolate, dim, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, dreich [chiefly Scottish], elegiac (also elegiacal), forlorn, funereal, gloomy, glum, godforsaken, gray (also grey), lonely, lonesome, lugubrious, miserable, morbid, morose, murky, plutonian, saturnine, sepulchral, somber (or sombre), sullen, sunless, tenebrific, tenebrous, wretched

discouraging, disheartening, hopeless, unfavorable, unpromising, unpropitious

ill-fated, ill-starred, star-crossed, troubled, unfortunate, unlucky

evil, malign, malignant

incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unimaginable, unthinkable

extraordinary, phenomenal, rare, sensational, spectacular

singular, uncommon, unique, unusual, unwonted

conspicuous, notable, noticeable, outstanding, remarkable

impressive, smashing, striking

mind-bending, mind-blowing, mind-boggling

animating, energizing, enlightening, enlivening, exciting, galvanizing, invigorating, stimulating

alluring, attracting, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, captivating, charming, enchanting, entertaining, enthralling, fascinating, interesting