Absorb, Belt, Booze, Consume, Dissipate
as dreary as an Asian steppe
Black, Bleak, Boring, Cheerless, Colorless
as dreadful as a gathering storm
Abominable, Alarming, Appalling, Atrocious, Awful
as docile as a lamb
Accommodating, Acquiescent, Adaptable
as dizzy as a goose
Addled, Befuddled, Bemused, Bewildered, Blind
as distant as the horizon
A Piece, Abroad, Abstracted, Apart
as dismal as a hearse
Black, Boring, Cheerless, Cloudy
as disappointing as wet gunpowder
Abort, Baffle, Balk, Bungle
as dirty as a hog
Bedraggled, Begrimed, Black, Contaminated
as difficult as a Greek puzzle
Gargantuan, Herculean, Ambitious, Arduous
as devoted as a faithful dog
Allot, Apply, Apportion, Appropriate, Assign
as desolate as a tomb
Abandoned, Bare, Bleak, Derelict, Desert
as delicious as forbidden fruit
Adorable, Ambrosial, Appetizing, Choice, Dainty
as dejected as a wet hen
Abject, All torn up, Atrabilious, Black, Bleak
as deep as the sea
Abysmal, Abyssal, Below, Beneath, Bottomless