2
cold(adjective, sad, dark, dim, depressing)
2
curmudgeonly(abrupt, gruff, brusque)
2
curt(rude, coarse, sullen, grumpy, abrupt)
2
cynical(adjective, tough, harsh, gloomy, negative)
2
desperate(adjective, hopeless)
2
dim(adjective, blue, sad, depression, woe)
2
disheartening(adjective, person, sad, dark, dim)
2
dogged
2
down in the mouth(expression, adjective, blue, sad, unhappy)
2
drab(adjective, blue, sad, depression, woe)
2
dragged(blue, sad, unhappy, miserable, depressed)
2
dreadful(adjective, dark, unpleasant, gloomy, horrible)
2
dusky(adjective, sad, dark, dim, depressing)
2
dyspeptic(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
2
false
2
frumpish
2
grievous(adjective, unhappy, unpleasant, gloomy, miserable)
2
growling(mean, cross, irritable, ugly, crabby)
2
grum
2
horrible(adjective, unpleasant, disagreeable, dreadful, obnoxious)
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