2
down-in-the-mouth(miserable, wretched, sorrowful)
2
funereal
2
heavy-hearted(noun, adjective)
2
in despair(expression, idiom, low, sorrowful, hopeless)
2
in the dumps
2
lachrymose(adjective, dejected)
2
nostalgic
2
overcome(adjective, dejected)
2
sinking
2
suicidal
2
suspicious(adjective, feelings, negative, doubtful, emotions)
1
abject
1
all torn up(expression, idiom, low, depressed, sorrowful)
1
anguishing
1
anxious(adjective, dejected)
1
apathetic
1
bad(sad, unhappy, gloomy, desperate, unpromising)
1
bearish
1
black
1
broken-hearted
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