43
scary(adjective, nasty, dark, unpleasant, awful)
41
gloomy(adjective, person, dull, appearance, blue)
32
ghastly(adjective, dull, appearance, bad, unpleasant)
32
grisly(adjective, appearance, bad, unpleasant, awful)
31
stern(adjective, person, appearance, mean, tough)
29
bleak(adjective, person, dull, appearance, tough)
29
dour(adjective, dull, quiet, tough, severe)
27
dismal(adjective, dull, sad, thin, harsh)
26
gruesome(adjective, dull, appearance, bad, unpleasant)
26
severe(adjective, appearance, mean, strong, hard)
26
hard(adjective, person, mean, strong, tough)
25
dark(adjective, dull, tough, severe, sad)
24
dreary(adjective, dull, blue, sad, thin)
24
forbidding(adjective, appearance, strong, hard, tough)
23
harsh(adjective, appearance, mean, strong, hard)
23
unrelenting(adjective, animal, appearance, mean, strong)
23
inexorable(adjective, appearance, mean, strong, hard)
23
relentless(adjective, animal, appearance, mean, strong)
21
morose(adjective, person, appearance, blue, low)
21
dire(adjective, pain, dark, awful, terrible)
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