6
depressive(adjective, dull, pain, dark, gloomy)
6
disagreeable(verb, adjective, dull, dark, gloomy)
6
dreadful(verb, adjective, dejection, depressing)
6
frowning(verb, adjective, dull, gloomy, miserable)
6
heartsick
6
inhospitable(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
6
lachrymose(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
6
leaden(dull, soft, flat, dark, cold)
6
lonely(adjective, bleak, black, cloudy, chill)
6
monotonous(verb, adjective, dull, flat, gloomy)
6
pensive(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, sorrow)
6
ruthful(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
6
shady(adjective, dull, obscure, dark, gloomy)
6
sober(adjective, dull, soft, flat, dark)
5
cringeworthy(adjective, depression, sadness, down, woe)
5
desperate(adjective, hopeless)
5
disastrous(adjective, black, baleful, bodeful)
5
fearsome(adjective, bad, awful, disgusting, black)
5
flat(adjective, dull, soft, obscure, dark)
5
grief-stricken(adjective, miserable, wretched, black, sorrowful)
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