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dim(dark, depressing)
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disagreeable(tender, raw, burning, sore, stinging)
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dispirited(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, down)
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distasteful(tender, raw, burning, sore, stinging)
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distress
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dolor
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dour(miserable, depressing, cheerless)
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down(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, miserable)
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down in dumps(expression, adjective, idiom, gloomy, joyless)
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down in mouth(expression, adjective, idiom, gloomy, joyless)
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down in the dumps(expression, adjective, idiom, sad, gloomy)
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downhearted(adjective, sad, gloomy, miserable, down)
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dull(sad, dark, dim, depressing)
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dulling
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dusky(sad, dark, dim, depressing)
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elegiac(sorrowful, mournful, lamenting)
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forlorn(dark, dim, depressing)
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glooming
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grief
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grief-stricken(sad, melancholy, sorrowful, mournful, woebegone)
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