2
murky(good, clear)
2
narcissistic
2
plaintive(adjective, happy, pathetic, woebegone)
2
querulous(adjective, hard, happy, grouchy)
2
serious
2
surly(adjective, bright)
2
tearful(adjective, upset, crying)
2
unmotivated
2
very angry
2
woeful
2
wretched
1
depressing
1
cranky(adjective, pleasant, mood)
1
behind eight ball(expression, idiom)
1
downbeat
1
elegiac
1
forbidding
1
gaunt(adjective, heavy, plump)
1
grouchy
1
gruff
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