DYSTOPIAN Synonyms

• of or relating to an apocalypse

• prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom

• a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner

• characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty

• expecting unquestioning obedience

• offering little or no hope

• providing no shelter or sustenance

• unpleasantly cold and damp

• containing errors or alterations

• ruined in character or quality

• devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black

• (used of color) having a dark hue

• absence of light or illumination

• absence of moral or spiritual values

• an unilluminated area

• the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

• an unenlightened state

• brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)

• stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable

• secret

• showing a brooding ill humor

• lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture

• marked by difficulty of style or expression

• causing dejection

• not giving performances; closed

• a person who is frightened and in need of help

• arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope

• desperately determined

• (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair

• showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort

• showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire

• fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

• caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology

• causing distress or worry or anxiety

• suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious

• inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

• shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

• harshly ironic or sinister

• harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

• thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

• without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success

• of a person unable to do something skillfully

• certain to fail

• (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform

• extremely alarming

• weighing heavily on the senses or spirit

• marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior

• expecting the worst possible outcome

• restrictive of action

• causing extreme terror

• of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life

• an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government

• characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control