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wearisome(adjective, dull, simple, excite, gloomy)
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wretched(adjective, dull, sad, unhappy, gloomy)
13
dejected(adjective, dull, bad, low, sad)
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depressed(adjective, dull, bad, blue, low)
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dispiriting(adjective, dull, obscure, unhappy, dark)
13
flat(adjective, dull, dark, gloomy, ordinary)
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glum(adjective, light, happy, sorrow, gloomy)
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sorry(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
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dolorous(adjective, dull, sad, unhappy, dark)
12
dour(adjective, sorrow, gloomy, depress, sadness)
12
grey
12
lonely(adjective, blue, sad, depression, gloomy)
12
prosaic(adjective, dull, flat, stupid, ordinary)
12
shadowy(adjective, dull, obscure, dark, sorrow)
12
woeful(adjective, dull, bad, low, sad)
11
comfortless(adjective, dull, bad, low, sad)
11
deplorable(adjective, bad, sad, pain, unhappy)
11
despondent(adjective, dull, blue, sad, unhappy)
11
grave(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
11
grievous(adjective, bad, sad, pain, unhappy)
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