| bitter(adjective, hard, cool, tough, severe) |
| comfortless(adjective, dull, severe, unhappy, dark) |
| despairing(noun, adjective, sad, feelings, miserable) |
| dull(adjective, unhappy, dark, gloom, black) |
| gaunt(adjective, clean, thin, dead, barren) |
| glum(noun, adjective, person, dull, light) |
| hard(adjective, severe, sharp, flat, rough) |
| icy(adjective, cool, severe, keen, sharp) |
| keen(adjective, cool, severe, sharp, intense) |
| lugubrious(adjective, dull, dark, gloomy, melancholy) |
| morose(adjective, person, dull, blue, sad) |
| murky(adjective, dull, dark, gloomy, miserable) |
| blue(noun, adjective, dull, light, happy) |
| dim(adjective, dull, obscure, dark, gloomy) |
| inhospitable(adjective, severe, stark, austere, desolate) |
| biting(adjective, cool, severe, keen, sharp) |
| chill(noun, adjective, cool, severe, keen) |
| desert(adjective, desolate, barren) |
| deserted(adjective, desolate, barren) |
| disconsolate(adjective, dull, blue, sad, unhappy) |