32
dark(adjective, dull, obscure, gloomy, boring)
31
gloomy(adjective, dark)
28
dismal(adjective, unhappy, dark, gloomy, gloom)
24
dreary(adjective, gloomy)
21
sad(adjective, unhappy, dark, gloom, black)
19
depressing(adjective, gloomy)
16
cheerless(adjective, unhappy, dark, gloom, black)
15
melancholy(adjective, gloomy)
14
grim
13
dull(adjective, unhappy, dark, gloom, black)
13
doleful(adjective, sad, gloomy, sorrowful, distressing)
13
funereal
13
sober
12
dim(adjective, dull, obscure, flat, dark)
12
drab(adjective, dull, flat, dark, boring)
12
joyless(adjective, unhappy, dark, gloom, black)
12
lugubrious(adjective, gloomy)
12
murky(adjective, dark)
11
bleak(adjective, unhappy, dark, gloom, black)
11
shadowy(adjective, dark)
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