16
hopeless(adjective, bad, dead, bleak, black)
11
abject(adjective, bad, dead, no go, pathetical)
11
cloudy(adjective, obscure, deep, black, ambiguous)
11
dull(adjective, bleak, black, cloudy, chill)
11
low(adjective, bad, evil, immoral, bleak)
10
confirmed(adjective, bad, dead, no go, pathetical)
10
despairing(adjective, bad, dead, no go, pathetical)
10
dying(adjective, bad, dead, no go, pathetical)
9
beclouded(adjective, obscure, deep, black, ambiguous)
9
befogged(adjective, obscure, deep, black, ambiguous)
9
midnight(noun, black, darkness, dusk, blackness)
8
dusk(noun, feature, gloom, black, tone)
8
foggy(adjective, obscure, deep, black, ambiguous)
8
misty(adjective, obscure, deep, black, ambiguous)
8
shadowlike(adjective, obscure, deep, black, ambiguous)
8
shadowy(adjective, obscure, deep, black, ambiguous)
7
clouded(adjective, obscure, deep, black, ambiguous)
7
eerie(adjective, obscure, deep, ambiguous, cryptic)
7
eery(adjective, obscure, deep, ambiguous, cryptic)
7
functionally illiterate(expression, adjective, ignorant, illiterate, benighted)
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