98
gloomy(adjective, dull, bad, light, blue)
73
dreary(adjective, dull, bad, light, obscure)
69
sad(adjective, unhappy, gloomy, dark, depressed)
63
cheerless(adjective, upset, dull, mean, light)
57
dark(adjective, dull, bad, light, soft)
48
unhappy(verb, adjective, dull, sad, dark)
47
melancholy(adjective, dull, blue, happy, sad)
42
lugubrious(adjective, dull, bad, obscure, sad)
38
mournful(verb, adjective, dull, mean, bad)
31
miserable(adjective, dull, mean, bad, blue)
31
doleful(verb, adjective, dull, bad, blue)
30
depressing(adjective, dull, obscure, happy, sad)
29
depressed(adjective, dull, blue, sad, cross)
29
joyless(verb, adjective, dull, mean, light)
28
bleak(adjective, dull, light, blue, obscure)
28
sorrowful(verb, adjective, dull, mean, bad)
27
somber(adjective, upset, dull, light, soft)
27
morose(adjective, dull, blue, sad, cross)
26
desolate(verb, adjective, dull, light, obscure)
26
disconsolate(adjective, dull, bad, blue, sad)
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