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menacing(black, baleful, bodeful)
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ominous(obscure, sad, dark, awful)
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poor(mean, low, miserable, wretched)
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threatening
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wintry(dull, unhappy, dark, cold)
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bad(dark, dim, depressing)
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darkened(dull, dark, gloomy, gray)
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dirty(dark, gloomy, misty)
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dismaying(depression, sadness, down, woe)
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downbeat(sad, gloomy, miserable, down)
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foreboding(obscure, sad, dark, gloomy)
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grumpy(sadness, gloom, unclear, morose)
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hostile(indifferent, sadness, unfriendly, aloof)
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insipid(dull, flat, ordinary, dry)
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lightless(dull, obscure, dark, dim)
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mirthless(sad, unhappy, dark, gloomy)
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out of sorts(expression, idiom, unstable, changeable)
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piteous(mean, poor, low, sad)
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plaintive(sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
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