More dirty or soiled than something else.
More severe, stern, or forbidding in appearance.
Having a more sinister or ominous quality.
Increasingly gloomy or depressing in mood/atmosphere.
Showing greater signs of hardship or suffering.
A state of being grim or bleak.
An instance of increased severity or harshness.
The quality of being stern or forbidding.
A representation that is dark and foreboding.
An atmosphere marked by gloominess and despair.