6
jet-black(adjective, feature, characteristic, appearance, shade)
6
moonless(adjective, characteristic, color, feature, shade)
6
reticent(adjective, close, obscure, speech, unknown)
6
shaded(adjective, dull, cool, gloomy, lack)
5
abominable(adjective, description, feature, characteristic, attribute)
5
awful(adjective, description, attribute, feature, characteristic)
5
clandestine(adjective, feature, characteristic, obscure, description)
5
covert(adjective, feature, characteristic, obscure, description)
5
cynical(adjective, feature, character, description, behaviour)
5
downhearted(adjective, bad, low, sad, unhappy)
5
dreadful(adjective, description, attribute, feature, characteristic)
5
dullness(noun, time, state, shade, situation)
5
dun(adjective, soft, obscure, flat, gloomy)
5
esoteric(adjective, feature, characteristic, obscure, description)
5
eventide(noun, adjective, close, black, darkness)
5
fatalistic(adjective, feature, character, description, behaviour)
5
flagitious(adjective, feature, description, characteristics, characteristic)
5
frightful(adjective, description, attribute, feature, characteristic)
5
ghastly(adjective, description, attribute, feature, characteristic)
5
gloaming(noun, time, state, shade, situation)
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