5
cryptic(adjective, obscure, difficult, uncertain, doubtful)
5
drab(adjective, dull, dark, gloomy, miserable)
5
indistinct(adjective, dull, rough, dark, gloomy)
5
obscured(adjective, dull, dark, gloomy, faint)
5
rayless(adjective, dull, dark, gloomy, dim)
5
sombre
5
tenebrific(adjective, upset, dark, hostile, dim)
5
uncertain(adjective, obscure, rough, difficult, dark)
4
funereal(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
4
darkened(adjective, dull, dark, gloomy, dim)
4
darkling
4
depressing(adjective, dull, dark, gloomy, miserable)
4
misty(adjective, dull, dark, gloomy, dim)
4
murk(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
4
unilluminated(adjective, dull, obscure, dark, gloomy)
3
disconsolate(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
3
gray(adjective, dark, sorrow, gloomy, depress)
3
grim(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
3
lurid(adjective, dull, dark, sorrow, gloomy)
3
morose(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
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