5
smoky(adjective, dark, gloomy, dirty, stale)
5
sober(adjective, dull, dark, gloomy)
5
subfusc(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
5
sulky(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
5
triste(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
5
uneventful(adjective, dull, gloomy, boring, routine)
5
wailful(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, sorrow)
5
weariful(adjective, dull, simple, excite, boring)
4
ashen(adjective, gray)
4
banal(adjective, dull, unpleasant, ordinary, boring)
4
chill
4
darkened(adjective, dull, dark, gloomy, gray)
4
depressant(miserable, depressing, cheerless)
4
despairing(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, miserable)
4
disheartened(adjective, mood, weather, dejected)
4
distressed(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, miserable)
4
down in the dumps(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
4
downbeat(adjective, blue, sad, depression, gloomy)
4
dry-as-dust
4
foreboding(adjective, obscure, sad, dark, gloomy)
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