65
gloomy(adjective, dull, bad, light, blue)
56
dismal(adjective, dull, bad, light, obscure)
44
dark(adjective, dull, bad, light, obscure)
42
dull(adjective, excite, warm, unhappy, dark)
34
cheerless(adjective, dull, bad, light, blue)
34
sad(adjective, dull, bad, blue, obscure)
33
boring(adjective, dull, simple, flat, excite)
32
depressing(adjective, dull, blue, obscure, sad)
28
bleak(adjective, dull, light, obscure, happy)
25
melancholy(adjective, dull, bad, blue, low)
24
drab(adjective, dull, blue, sad, unhappy)
24
tedious(adjective, dull, simple, flat, excite)
24
grim(adjective, dull, blue, sad, thin)
24
mournful(adjective, dull, bad, blue, obscure)
21
lugubrious(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
21
soul-crushing
20
joyless(adjective, dull, light, happy, sad)
20
desolate(adjective, dull, bad, light, blue)
20
humdrum(adjective, dull, flat, excite, gloomy)
20
miserable(adjective, dull, bad, low, sad)
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