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drear(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
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dusky(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
12
low-spirited(adjective, blue, sad, unhappy, gloomy)
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moody(adjective, blue, sad, cross, unhappy)
12
saturnine(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
11
gaunt(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
11
heavy(adjective, upset, dull, bad, severe)
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lamentable(adjective, bad, sad, pain, sorrow)
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morbid(verb, adjective, dull, sad, unhappy)
11
pessimistic(adjective, happy, hope, hopeless)
11
pitiable(adjective, mean, poor, low, pain)
10
horrible(verb, adjective, dull, gloomy, wretched)
10
crestfallen(adjective, blue, sad, unhappy, dark)
10
grey
10
inauspicious(verb, adjective, dull, gloomy, miserable)
10
oppressive(adjective, dull, severe, obscure, sad)
10
pitiful(adjective, mean, poor, low, awful)
10
rueful(adjective, bad, sad, pain, sorrow)
10
sinister(adjective, bad, obscure, sad, dark)
10
solemn(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, depress)
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