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bleak(noun, adjective, person, dull, light)
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doleful(adjective, dull, bad, blue, low)
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desolate(noun, adjective, person, light, blue)
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lugubrious(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
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sorrowful(adjective, dull, mean, bad, poor)
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blue(noun, adjective, bad, light, low)
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downhearted(noun, adjective, blue, sad, depression)
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grim(adjective, person, dull, blue, sad)
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wretched(adjective, dull, sad, pain, unhappy)
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comfortless(adjective, pain, unhappy, dark, gloom)
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downcast(adjective, dull, bad, blue, low)
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funereal(adjective, unhappy, sorrow, depress, sadness)
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sombre(adjective, unhappy, dark, gloom, black)
15
dispirited(adjective, bad, blue, low, sad)
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down(adjective, bad, blue, low, sad)
15
drab(adjective, dull, blue, sad, unhappy)
13
crestfallen(adjective, bad, blue, low, sad)
13
dolorous(adjective, person, dull, unhappy, gloomy)
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dull(adjective, unhappy, dark, gloom, black)
13
sullen(adjective, upset, unhappy, sorrow, depress)
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