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cruel(adjective, hard, difficult, awful, terrible)
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somber(adjective, unhappy, dark, black, sadness)
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pitiable(adjective, vile, shameful, pitiful, despicable)
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rough(adjective, hard, poor, nasty, difficult)
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sensitive(adjective, bad, hard, difficult, complex)
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low(adjective, depressed, unhappy, blue, gloomy)
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difficult(adjective, hard, complex, characteristic, depression)
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tough(adjective, bad, hard, cool, severe)
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sluggish(adjective, hard, difficult, unhappy, complex)
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weighty(adjective, hard, weak, difficult, complex)
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disheartened(adjective, bad, blue, low, unhappy)
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profound(adjective, hard, difficult, complex, greatness)
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adust(adjective, hard, difficult, complex, sadness)
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taxing(adjective, hard, difficult, melancholy, complex)
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unbearable(adjective, upset, hard, difficult, melancholy)
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bad(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
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in the dumps(adjective, expression, idiom, unhappy, depressed)
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ponderous(adjective, hard, difficult, complex)
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lachrymose(adjective, crying, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
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melancholic(adjective, unhappy, depressed, upset, depression)
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