1 ash

2 dust

3 lime

4 gray

5 discouraged

6 dejected

1 gray

2 ash gray

3 grizzly

4 pessimistic

5 gloomy

6 dispirited

7 ambiguous

1 mashed potato

1 big bad wolf

1 discouraged

2 downhearted

1 lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)

2 fig. to be principled and incorruptible

1 as different as heaven and earth (idiom)

2 worlds apart

1 lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence

2 sth malevolent returns to haunt one

1 conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)

1 mud and sand flow together (idiom)

2 good and bad mingle