is above-board (verb) level: be honest
Sinonime: black,
bleak, daunting, dejecting, disheartening,
dismal, dispiriting,
distressing,
dreary, funereal, gloomy,
heartbreaking,
hopeless, joyless, melancholic, melancholy,
mournful,
oppressive, sad, saddening,
somberAntonime: cheering,
encouraging,
happy