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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| gloomy | /x | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dingy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| cheerless | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dull | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| sorry | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| drab | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| bleak | / | Adjective |
| glum | / | Noun |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| rainy | /x | Adjective |
| monotonous | x/xx | Adjective |
| joyless | /x | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| dreadfully | /xx | Adverb |
| boring | /x | Noun |
| humdrum | /x | Noun |
| dour | /x | Noun |
| wretchedly | /xx | Adverb |
| stormy | /x | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| desolate | /xx | Adjective |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| snowy | /x | Noun |
| chilly | /x | Adjective |
| lackluster | /xx | Adjective |
| unpromising | x/xx | Adjective |
| wintry | /x | Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective |
| darkly | /x | Adverb |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| foggy | /x | Adjective |
| bland | / | Noun |
| uninteresting | x/xx | Adjective |
| barren | /x | Adjective |
| uninspiring | xx/x | Adjective |
| tedious | /xx | Adjective |
| lifeless | /x | Adjective |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| hellish | /x | Adjective |
| stultifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| gray | / | Noun |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| gloom | / | Noun |
| cold | / | Noun |
| mundane | x/ | Adjective |
| somber | /x | Adjective |
| grimy | /x | Adjective |
| dusty | /x | Adjective |
| depressingly | x/xx | Adverb |
| morose | x/ | Adjective |
| lonely | /x | Adjective |
| monotony | x/xx | Noun |
| misty | /x | Noun |
| tiresome | /xx | Adjective |
| sombre | /x | Adjective |
| windy | /x | Noun |
| austere | x/ | Adjective |
| staid | / | Adjective |
| unlovely | x/x | Adjective |
| grey | / | Name |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| lonesome | /x | Noun |
| dank | / | Noun |
| frightful | /x | Adjective |
| frosty | /x | Noun |
| overcast | /xx | Adjective |
| stodgy | /x | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| vapid | /x | Adjective |
| listless | /x | Adjective |
| sullen | /x | Adjective |
| stagnant | /x | Adjective |
| sordid | /x | Adjective |
| shabby | /x | Adjective |
| turgid | /x | Adjective |
| cloudy | /x | Noun |
| soulless | /x | Adjective |
| glorious | /xx | Adjective |
| hideous | /xx | Adjective |
| loveless | /x | Noun |
| tawdry | /x | Adjective |
| unimaginative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| soggy | /x | Adjective |
| leaden | /x | Adjective |
| monochromatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| moody | /x | Name |
| sober | /x | Adjective |
| gaunt | / | Noun |
| dusky | /x | Noun |
| brown | / | Name |
| solemn | /x | Adjective |
| olive drab | /x/ | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| lowery | /xx | Name |
| shadowy | /xx | Adjective |
| mousy | /x | Noun |
| ashen | /x | Adjective |
| languid | /x | Adjective |
| lurid | /x | Adjective |
| washed out | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| stark | / | Name |
| bluish | /x | Adjective |
| hooting | /x | Noun |
| steeples | /x | Noun |
| solitudes | /xx | Noun |
| sameness | /x | Noun |
| vacuity | x/xx | Noun |
| monotone | /xx | Noun |
| wilds | / | Noun |
| moor | / | Noun |
| desolation | xx/x | Noun |
| moorland | /x | Noun |
| blank | / | Noun |
| drudgery | /xx | Noun |
| dungeon | /x | Noun |
| presentiment | x/xx | Noun |
| wilderness | /xx | Noun |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| arid | /x | Adjective |
| ash | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| bothersome | /xx | Adjective |
| bubbling | /xx | Noun |
| calm | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| creepy | /x | Adjective |
| delightful | x/x | Adjective |
| dormancy | /xx | Noun |
| drip | / | Noun, Verb |
| dun | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| evening | /x | Noun |
| fast | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| ghoulish | /x | Adjective |
| has | / | Adjective |
| indoors | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| labored | /x | Adjective |
| lame | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| linger | /x | Verb, Noun |
| lone | / | Adjective |
| loneliness | /xx | Noun |
| methinks | // | Noun, Verb |
| monday | /x | Name, Adverb |
| outdoors | // | Noun, Adverb |
| pesky | /x | Adjective |
| pessimistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| pleasant | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| quiet | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| stuffy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| tired | /x | Adjective |
| wearisome | /xx | Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
