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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| grim | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| dingy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| glum | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| dreary | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| dark | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| depressing | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| depressive | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| sad | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dejected | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| disconsolate | xxxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| cheerless | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| sorry | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| blue | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| drab | / | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| bleak | / | Adjective |
| sombre | /x | Adjective |
| somber | /x | Adjective |
| morose | x/ | Adjective |
| pessimistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| dour | /x | Noun |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| rainy | /x | Adjective |
| stormy | /x | Adjective |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| foggy | /x | Adjective |
| downbeat | x/ | Noun |
| melancholy | /xxx | Noun |
| dull | / | Adjective |
| mournful | /x | Adjective |
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective |
| dreadfully | /xx | Adverb |
| cloudy | /x | Noun |
| cheery | /x | Adjective |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| sullen | /x | Adjective |
| melancholic | xx/x | Adjective |
| foreboding | x/x | Noun |
| overcast | /xx | Adjective |
| misty | /x | Noun |
| sunny | /x | Adjective |
| desolate | /xx | Adjective |
| moody | /x | Name |
| frightful | /x | Adjective |
| murky | /x | Adjective |
| joyless | /x | Adjective |
| downcast | /x | Adjective |
| upbeat | /x | Adjective |
| unpromising | x/xx | Adjective |
| morbid | /x | Adjective |
| cheerful | /x | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| snowy | /x | Noun |
| fatalistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| rosy | /x | Adjective |
| optimistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| despairing | x/x | Noun |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| eerie | /x | Noun |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| pessimism | /xxx | Noun |
| chilly | /x | Adjective |
| hazy | /x | Adjective |
| harsh | / | Adjective |
| shadowy | /xx | Adjective |
| frigid | /x | Adjective |
| nihilistic | /xxx | Adjective |
| bright | / | Adjective |
| dreamy | /x | Adjective |
| darkened | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| spooky | /x | Noun |
| solemn | /x | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| grimy | /x | Adjective |
| apocalyptic | xxx/x | Noun |
| unhappy | x/x | Adjective |
| windy | /x | Noun |
| dank | / | Noun |
| lonely | /x | Adjective |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| grey | / | Name |
| grumpy | /x | Adjective |
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective |
| deathly | /x | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective |
| wintry | /x | Adjective |
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| pensive | /x | Adjective |
| jovial | /xx | Adjective |
| dusky | /x | Noun |
| darkling | /x | Name |
| obscured | x/ | Verb |
| dusk | / | Noun |
| lowering | /xx | Verb |
| twilight | /x | Noun |
| black | / | Name |
| sunless | /x | Adjective |
| moonless | /x | Noun |
| shaded | /x | Adjective |
| murk | / | Noun |
| midnight | /x | Noun |
| under the weather | /xx/x | Phrase, Adjective |
| clair de lune | /// | Name, Name, Adjective |
| dungeons | /x | Noun |
| premonitions | xx/x | Noun |
| anticipations | xxx/x | Noun |
| prognoses | x/x | Noun |
| apprehensions | xx/x | Noun |
| prophecies | /xx | Noun |
| cavern | /x | Noun |
| pall | / | Noun |
| reverie | /xx | Noun |
| brooding | /x | Noun |
| despondency | x/xx | Noun |
| forecast | /x | Noun |
| ruminations | xx/x | Noun |
| defile | x/ | Noun |
| meditations | xx/x | Noun |
| vale | / | Noun |
| predictions | x/x | Noun |
| dejection | x/x | Noun |
| recesses | /xx | Noun |
| prospect | /x | Noun |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| burial | /xx | Noun |
| cloud | / | Noun, Verb |
| creepy | /x | Adjective |
| day | / | Noun, Verb |
| dim | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| disappointing | xx/x | Adjective |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| doom | / | Noun, Verb |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| ghoulish | /x | Adjective |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| gray | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| happy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hesitant | /xx | Adjective |
| hopeful | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| inclement | x/x | Adjective |
| negative | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| pain | / | Noun, Verb |
| rain | / | Noun, Verb |
| serene | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| shady | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| slack | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| sluggish | /x | Adjective |
| sobering | /xx | Adjective |
| stark | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb |
| tragic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| upset | x/ | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
