4
shadowy(adjective, dull, dark, sorrow, gloomy)
4
showy(adjective, bright, vulgar, extravagant, loud)
4
smutty
4
somber(adjective, dull, dark, sorrow, gloomy)
4
startling(adjective, amazing, shocking, striking, explicit)
4
sunless(adjective, dull, dark, sorrow, gloomy)
4
tawdry(adjective, bright, vulgar, extravagant, loud)
4
tenebrous(adjective, dull, dark, sorrow, gloomy)
4
unbearable(adjective, unpleasant, awful, disgusting, vile)
4
uncanny(adjective, bad, awful, disgusting, sinful)
4
waxen(adjective, dull, light, soft, flat)
4
white(adjective, dull, light, soft, flat)
3
aglow
3
augural(adjective, awful, fear, black, horror)
3
bawdy
3
bloody(adjective, horrible, shocking, explicit, sensational)
3
bodeful(adjective, awful, fear, black, horror)
3
coarse(adjective, outstanding, vulgar, amazing, extravagant)
3
colored(adjective, amazing, striking, astounding, colorful)
3
conspicuous(amazing, striking, astounding)
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