50 entries under morose topic. ×

10
splenetic(adjective, mean, delicate, cross, short)
7
brooding(adjective, feelings, sadness, gloom, unclear)
7
temperamental(adjective, delicate, unpleasant, sensitive, unstable)
6
hostile(adjective, negative, sadness, gloom, unclear)
6
down(adjective, feelings, sadness, gloom, unclear)
6
sad(adjective, sadness, gloom, unclear)
5
mean(adjective, attitude, delicate, informal, cross)
4
ornery(adjective, mean, difficult, delicate, informal)
3
dark(adjective, sadness, gloom, unclear, sullen)
3
dismal(adjective, sadness, gloom, unclear)
3
beetle-browed(adjective, sadness, gloom, unclear, sullen)
2
atrabilious(adjective, sadness, gloom, unclear)
2
mournful(adjective, sadness, gloom, unclear)
2
saturnine(adjective, sadness, gloom, unclear)
1
adust(adjective, sadness, gloom, unclear)
1
beetle browed(adjective, sadness, gloom, unclear)
1
cheerless(adjective, sadness, gloom, unclear)
1
chumpish(adjective, sadness, gloom, unclear)
1
dead-and-alive(adjective, sadness, gloom, unclear)
1
gaunt(adjective, sadness, gloom, unclear)
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