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