4
stern(adjective, serious, authoritarian)
4
threatening(adjective, evil, critical, mysterious, forbidding)
3
beetle-browed(adjective, sullen)
3
cheerless(dull, gloomy, miserable, dejection)
3
crabby(adjective, low, gloomy, miserable, depressed)
3
depressing(adjective, dull, gloomy, miserable)
3
funereal(adjective, dull, gloomy, miserable, dejection)
3
glaring
3
grimacing
3
long-faced(adjective, sullen)
3
murky(adjective, dull, gloomy, miserable, dejection)
3
saturnine(adjective, low, gloomy, miserable, unstable)
3
serious(adjective, strong, hard, tough, severe)
3
severe(adjective, strong, hard, tough, harsh)
3
sombre
3
sour(adjective, low, gloomy, miserable, depressed)
3
ugly(adjective, low, gloomy, melancholy, miserable)
3
wrathful(adjective, critical, forbidding, denunciatory)
2
austere(adjective, strong, hard, tough, severe)
2
bleak(dull, gloomy, miserable)
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