3
black-browed(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
3
contrary(adjective, mean, nasty, difficult, unfriendly)
3
crestfallen(adjective, low, melancholy, unstable, depressed)
3
daunting(adjective, person, feelings)
3
demanding(adjective, severe)
3
depressing(adjective, sad, gloomy, miserable, mournful)
3
desolate(adjective, sad, gloomy, melancholy, miserable)
3
dispirited(adjective, low, gloomy, melancholy, miserable)
3
dispiriting(adjective, sad, gloomy, miserable, depressing)
3
downhearted(adjective, low, melancholy, depressed, forlorn)
3
eerie(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
3
flinty
3
frightening(adjective, person, feelings)
3
funereal(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
3
gaunt(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
3
ghastly
3
gruffy(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
3
heavy(dull, quiet, miserable, depressing, cheerless)
3
hidebound(adjective, severe)
3
ill-fated(adjective, person, feelings)
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