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45 entries under depressing topic. ×
| discouraging(adjective, verb, dull, gloomy, dark) | |
| dispiriting(adjective, dull, gloomy, dark, miserable) | |
| dismal(adjective, dull, pain, gloomy, miserable) | |
| gloomy(adjective, person, dull, sad, dark) | |
| bleak(adjective, person, dull, dark, gloomy) | |
| demoralizing(adjective, intimidating) | |
| dreary(dull, sad, pain, dark, gloomy) | |
| cheerless(adjective, person, dull, pain, dark) | |
| funereal(adjective, dull, dark, gloomy, miserable) | |
| joyless(adjective, dull, pain, dark, gloomy) | |
| bad(adjective, person, dull, quiet, unhappy) | |
| cold(sad, dark, miserable, dim, austere) | |
| depressive(sad, pain, dark, cruel, dim) | |
| dull(adjective, sad, gloomy, dark, miserable) | |
| melancholy(adjective, person, dull, pain, gloomy) | |
| oppressive(adjective, dull, dark, gloomy, miserable) | |
| saddening(noun, adjective, sad, dark, miserable) | |
| somber(adjective, person, dull, gloomy, miserable) | |
| comfortless(pain, dark, miserable, dim, austere) | |
| disconsolate(dark, dim) |
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