| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| SOMBRE | Gloomy, melancholy | |
| DUSKY | Gloomy; sad; melancholy. | |
| SORRY | Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful. | |
| SADNESS | Gloomy Scottish lake causes great melancholy | |
| MELANCHOLIC | A gloomy state of mind; melancholy. | |
| GLOOMY | Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance. | |
| MOODY | Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy. | |
| HYPOCHONDRIASIS | A mental disorder in which melancholy and gloomy views torment the affected person, particularly concerning his own health. | |
| DUMP | A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits; despondency; ill humor; -- now used only in the plural. | |
| DULL | Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a... | |