8
saturnine(adjective, sorrow, gloomy, depress, sadness)
7
disheartened(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, depressed)
7
disheartening(adjective, person, dull, pain, dark)
7
downbeat(noun, adjective, person, blue, sad)
7
inconsolable(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, miserable)
7
low(adjective, person, mean, bad, blue)
7
shadowy(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
7
uncomfortable(adjective, upset, unhappy, discontent, distressed)
6
anguished(adjective, sad, miserable, wretched, discontent)
6
bitter
6
dim(adjective, blue, sad, depression, woe)
6
discouraged(adjective, uncertain, miserable, depressed, doubtful)
6
distressing(adjective, mean, low, sad, pain)
6
dusky(adjective, dull, dark, gloomy, dim)
6
heavyhearted(sad, unhappy, miserable)
6
in the dumps(expression, adjective, idiom, sad, unhappy)
6
lamentable(adjective, mean, low, sad, pain)
6
lonely(adjective, blue, sad, depression, woe)
6
lowering(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
6
mirthless(adjective, sad, unhappy, dark, gloomy)
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