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sour(feelings, sadness, gloom, unclear)
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unhappy(bad, sad, feelings, depressed)
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calculating(verb, thinking, pensive, reflective)
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cantankerous(cross, feelings, emotional, vulnerable)
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churlish
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cogitative(thoughtful, thinking, absorbed, pensive)
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cranky
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crusty
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doleful(bad, sad, unhappy, feelings)
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down in the dumps(expression, idiom, sad, feelings)
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low(sad, unhappy, feelings, depressed)
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miserable(bad, sad, unhappy, feelings)
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saturnine(sadness, gloom, unclear, morose)
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subjective(characteristic, quality, experience, analysis)
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taciturn(reserved, reticent, uncommunicative)
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testy(cross, feelings, emotional, vulnerable)
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cheerless(sadness, gloom, unclear, morose)
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crestfallen(bad, sad, unhappy, depressed)
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dismal(sadness, gloom, unclear, morose)
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hostile(cold, sadness, sensitive, shy)
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