11
sunless(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
11
woebegone(adjective, dull, bad, blue, low)
10
cloudy(adjective, dull, dark, sorrow, gloomy)
10
downcast(adjective, dull, bad, low, sad)
10
downhearted(adjective, blue, sad, depression, woe)
10
gaunt(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
10
insipid(adjective, dull, simple, flat, unpleasant)
10
lamentable(adjective, bad, sad, pain, unhappy)
10
pedestrian(adjective, dull, heavy, gloomy, ordinary)
10
vapid(adjective, dull, flat, ordinary, dry)
9
afflictive(adjective, bad, sad, pain, sorrow)
9
arid(adjective, dull, flat, stupid, ordinary)
9
colourless
9
dispirited(adjective, bad, blue, low, sad)
9
distressing(adjective, sad, pain, unhappy, sorrow)
9
dusky(adjective, dull, obscure, sad, dark)
9
gray(adjective, dull, dark, sorrow, gloomy)
9
heavy(adjective, dull, bad, flat, warm)
9
lifeless(adjective, dull, dry, boring, routine)
9
lowering(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
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