8
malcontent(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
7
anxious(adjective, awkward, unsettled, worried, discontent)
7
cheerless(adjective, sad, miserable, wretched, discontent)
7
dolorous(adjective, gloomy, miserable, depressed, wretched)
7
gloomy(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, depressed)
7
irked(upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness, resentment)
7
perturbed(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, awkward)
7
riled(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
7
uneasy(adjective, anxious, awkward, worried, discontent)
7
unfulfilled(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
6
agonized(verb, adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy)
6
chagrined(upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness, resentment)
6
discontented(upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness, resentment)
6
grief-stricken(adjective, sad, miserable, wretched, sorrowful)
6
hangdog(upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness, resentment)
6
lugubrious(adjective, miserable, wretched, sorrowful)
6
melancholy(adjective, miserable, wretched, sorrowful, hopeless)
6
piqued(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
6
plaintive(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, wretched)
6
sorrowed(noun, verb, shamed)
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