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