5
chilling(verb, adjective, dissuading)
5
demoralising
5
displeasing(adjective, quiet, unpleasant, mediocre, slack)
5
frustrating(verb, adjective, sorrow, negative, emotion)
5
grim(adjective, person, dull, awful, gloomy)
5
joyless(adjective, dull, pain, dark, gloomy)
5
unhappy(adjective, person, dull, gloomy, miserable)
4
bad(adjective, person, dull, quiet, unhappy)
4
boring(adjective, dull, gloomy, miserable)
4
cold(sad, dark, miserable, dim, austere)
4
dejecting(verb, dejecting)
4
deplorable(adjective, pain, sorrow, negative, emotion)
4
depressive(sad, pain, dark, cruel, dim)
4
desolate(adjective, person, dull, dark, gloomy)
4
disinclining(verb, dissuading, dejecting, de-motivating)
4
distressing(adjective, pain)
4
dolorous(adjective, person, dull, gloomy, miserable)
4
dull(adjective, sad, gloomy, dark, miserable)
4
lamentable(adjective, pain, sorrow, negative, emotion)
4
melancholy(adjective, person, dull, pain, gloomy)
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