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depressing(verb, adjective, person, dull, pain)
18
discouraging(adjective, verb, dull, gloomy)
17
dispiriting(adjective, dull, gloomy, miserable)
12
gloomy(adjective, person, dull, sad)
11
bleak(adjective, person, dull, gloomy)
8
dreary(dull, sad, pain, gloomy)
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cheerless(adjective, person, dull, pain)
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funereal(adjective, dull, gloomy, miserable)
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joyless(adjective, dull, pain, gloomy)
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bad(adjective, person, dull, quiet, unhappy)
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cold(sad, miserable, dim, austere)
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depressive(sad, pain, cruel, dim)
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desolate(adjective, person, dull, gloomy)
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dull(adjective, sad, gloomy, miserable)
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oppressive(adjective, dull, gloomy, miserable)
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saddening(noun, adjective, sad, miserable)
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unsatisfactory(adjective, quiet, bad, unhappy)
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comfortless(pain, miserable, dim, austere)
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disconsolate(dim, depressing)
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lugubrious(dull, sad, gloomy, miserable)
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