8
lowering(verb, adjective, dull, gloomy, miserable)
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sorrowful(adjective, dull, sad, unhappy, dark)
8
sorry
7
deplorable(adjective, pain)
7
disturbing(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, uncertain)
7
grey
7
woeful(adjective, dull, sad, pain, unhappy)
6
dim(adjective, dull, blue, obscure, sad)
6
dire(adjective, dull, dark, awful, terrible)
6
dismaying(adjective, depression, sadness, down, woe)
6
downbeat(adjective, person, blue, sad, depression)
6
lamentable(adjective, sad, pain, unhappy, awful)
6
melancholic(adjective, blue, sad, depression, woe)
6
sunless
6
tragic
6
upsetting(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, unhappy)
5
afflictive(dull, pain, awful, terrible, gloomy)
5
comfortless(adjective, dull, harsh, pain, unhappy)
5
daunting(verb, adjective, sad, gloomy, miserable)
5
downhearted(adjective, blue, sad, depression, woe)
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