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30 entries under unhappy topic. ×
| penitent(adjective, sad, sorrowful, sorry) | |
| sorry(adjective, sad, regret, guilty) | |
| repentant(adjective, sad, sorry, regret) | |
| contrite(adjective, sad, sorry, regret) | |
| remorseful(adjective, sad, sorry, regret) | |
| apologetic(adjective, sad, sorry, regret) | |
| penitential(adjective, sad, regret, apologetic) | |
| regretful(adjective, sad, sorry, regret) | |
| rueful(adjective, sad, sorry, tormented) | |
| attritional(sad, sorry, apologetic) | |
| bad(adjective, sad, apologetic) | |
| conscience-stricken(sad, apologetic) | |
| guilt-ridden(sad, apologetic) | |
| melancholy(adjective, sad, apologetic) | |
| pitiful(adjective, sad, apologetic) | |
| self-reproachful(sad, apologetic) | |
| sorrowful(adjective, sad, sorry, apologetic) | |
| disconsolate(sad, apologetic) | |
| distressed(sad, apologetic) | |
| grieved(sad, apologetic) |
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