63 entries under depressing topic. ×

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sad(adjective, dull, unhappy, dark, gloomy)
9
joyless(adjective, dull, sad, unhappy, dark)
8
mournful(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, melancholy)
7
gloomy(adjective, dull, sad, unhappy, dark)
6
dismal(adjective, dull, sad, unhappy, dark)
5
depressive(adjective, sad, dark, gloomy, dim)
5
dreary(adjective, sad, dark, miserable, dim)
5
melancholic(sad, miserable, deplorable, cheerless)
5
melancholy(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, miserable)
4
bleak(sad, dark, miserable, dim)
4
cheerless(dark, miserable, dim, disheartening)
4
disheartening(verb, sad, dark, miserable, dim)
3
comfortless(dark, dim)
3
discouraging(verb, sad, dark, miserable, dim)
3
dispiriting(adjective, sad, dark, gloomy, miserable)
3
drab(adjective, sad, dark, dim)
2
disconsolate(adjective, dull, sad, unhappy, dark)
2
funereal(adjective, dull, bad, sad, unhappy)
2
lugubrious(adjective, dull, sad, unhappy, dark)
1
dejected(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, miserable)
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