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frowning(verb, dull, gloomy, miserable)
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heartsick
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inhospitable(sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
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lachrymose(sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
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lonely(bleak, black, cloudy, chill)
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monotonous(verb, dull, flat, gloomy)
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pensive(bad, sad, unhappy, sorrow)
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ruthful(bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
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shady(dull, obscure, dark, gloomy)
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sober(dull, soft, flat, dark)
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cringeworthy(depression, sadness, down, woe)
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desperate
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disastrous(black, baleful, bodeful)
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fearsome(bad, awful, disgusting, black)
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flat(dull, soft, obscure, dark)
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grief-stricken(miserable, wretched, black, sorrowful)
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hurting(dull, blue, sad, unhappy)
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in the dumps(expression, idiom, dull, sad)
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lacklustre
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lurid(bad, sorrow, awful, depress)
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