Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.
Not very illuminated; dim because of darkness, especially when appearing depressing or frightening.
Someone or something that is gloomy or pessimistic.
Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.
Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher.
The dead body of such a bird, said in Tudor times to act as a weather vane when hung from a beam.
A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.
A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.