Dark
Wretched
Wretched adjective - Causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer.
Usage example: lived alone in a wretched room in a run-down hotel
Dark and wretched are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dark" instead an adjective "Wretched".
Nearby Words: wretch, wretchedly
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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I will see you as alone and friendless and wretched as am I; and then you may live as long as you like, in some dark and lonely corner of the earth, and I will call myself content.
Source: Literature / Temeraire -
Hermaeus Mora ditches any semblance of sanity in Skyrim and appears as a "Wretched Abyss" — a living dark vortex.
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They were later re-animated by dark magic and rose as the Wretched Mothers, Stripperiffic Stringy Haired Ghost Girls with the dangerous ability to regurgitate monsters.
Source: Lady-in-Waiting
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