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wild(adjective, cold, miserable, grim, bleak)
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bare(adjective, mean, clear, poor, thin)
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empty(adjective, clear, harsh, blank, bare)
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waste(noun, verb, adjective, help, end)
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blue(adjective, dull, bad, light, low)
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somber(adjective, person, dull, bad, light)
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wretched(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, depressed)
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devastate(verb, help, end, ruin, destroy)
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sorrowful(adjective, dull, bad, low, sad)
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uninhabited(adjective, quiet, wild, blank, bare)
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woeful(adjective, dull, bad, blue, low)
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comfortless(adjective, dull, bad, low, sad)
15
desert(noun, verb, adjective, clear, abandon)
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despondent(adjective, dull, blue, sad, unhappy)
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downhearted(adjective, blue, happy, sad, depression)
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lugubrious(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
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woebegone(adjective, person, dull, bad, blue)
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abandoned(adjective, keep, sad, unhappy, miserable)
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downcast(adjective, happy, sad, unhappy, miserable)
14
forsaken(verb, adjective, keep, sad, harsh)
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