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sullen(adjective, appearance, sorrow, depress, sadness)
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unbending(adjective, strong, hard, tough, severe)
15
horrid(adjective, dull, appearance, offensive, unpleasant)
15
austere(adjective, dull, appearance, strong, hard)
15
disconsolate(adjective, dull, blue, low, sad)
15
sad(adjective, person, dull, quiet, blue)
14
adamantine(adjective, strong, hard, tough, resist)
14
dreadful(adjective, bad, sad, pain, offensive)
14
funereal(adjective, dull, appearance, sad, harsh)
14
ominous(adjective, person, appearance, sad, awful)
14
rigid(adjective, strong, hard, tough, severe)
14
serious(adjective, dull, strong, hard, tough)
14
shocking(adjective, appearance, bad, sad, pain)
14
sombre
13
cold(adjective, person, mean, tough, severe)
13
intransigent(adjective, resist, determined, resolute, persistent)
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miserable(adjective, person, dull, blue, poor)
13
solemn(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
12
depressed(adjective, person, dull, blue, low)
12
lurid(adjective, unpleasant, sorrow, awful, terrible)
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