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hostile(adjective, indifferent, sadness, unfriendly, aloof)
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insipid(adjective, dull, flat, ordinary, dry)
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lightless(adjective, dull, obscure, dark, dim)
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mean(poor, low, cruel, miserable, wretched)
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mirthless(adjective, sad, unhappy, dark, gloomy)
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out of sorts(expression, adjective, idiom, unstable, changeable)
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painful(sad, unhappy, awful, terrible, miserable)
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piteous(adjective, mean, poor, low, sad)
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plaintive(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
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stark(adjective, desolate)
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subfusc(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
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terrible
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touching(mean, low, pain, wretched, pitiful)
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triste(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
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troubled(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, melancholy)
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troublesome(adjective, dull, awful, gloomy, miserable)
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uncomfortable(adjective, dull, unhappy, dark, gloomy)
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unfriendly(adjective, severe, dark, indifferent, gloomy)
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unlucky(adjective, black, baleful, bodeful)
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vapid(adjective, dull, flat, ordinary, dry)
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