5
hurting(adjective, dull, blue, sad, unhappy)
5
in the dumps(expression, adjective, idiom, dull, sad)
5
lacklustre
5
lurid(adjective, bad, sorrow, awful, depress)
5
menacing(adjective, black, baleful, bodeful)
5
ominous(adjective, obscure, sad, dark, awful)
5
poor(adjective, mean, low, miserable, wretched)
5
soul-crushing
5
threatening
5
wintry(adjective, dull, unhappy, dark, cold)
4
bitter
4
abject(mean, poor, low, sad, unhappy)
4
bad(adjective, dark, dim, depressing)
4
darkened(adjective, dull, dark, gloomy, gray)
4
dirty(adjective, dark, gloomy, misty)
4
dismaying(adjective, depression, sadness, down, woe)
4
downbeat(adjective, sad, gloomy, miserable, down)
4
foreboding(adjective, obscure, sad, dark, gloomy)
4
glowering(dark, gloomy, hostile, unfriendly, misty)
4
grumpy(adjective, sadness, gloom, unclear, morose)
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