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sunless(dark, sorrow, depress, sadness)
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baleful(sad, sorrow, depression, depress)
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discouraged(sad, unhappy, miserable, mood)
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forbidding(severe, thin, dark, unfriendly)
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ghastly(bad, awful, gloomy, disgusting)
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gray(verb, sorrow, depress, sadness)
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grieved(bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
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low(mean, soft, blue, obscure)
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tedious(verb, dull, flat, gloomy)
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tenebrous(sorrow, gloomy, depress, sadness)
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tragic(bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
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uncheerful(sad, unhappy, dark, sorrow)
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disheartened(sad, unhappy, miserable, mood)
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distressing(mean, poor, low, pain)
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heartbroken
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heavy-hearted(bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
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languishing(bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
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obscure(dark, sadness, gloom, unclear)
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sepulchral(verb, sorrow, gloomy, depress)
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wistful(sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
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