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disheartened(adjective, bad, blue, low, sad)
20
low(adjective, dull, bad, blue, flat)
19
moody(adjective, bad, blue, low, sad)
16
lugubrious(adjective, dull, blue, low, sad)
12
pessimistic(noun, adjective, upset, blue, low)
10
grim(adjective, dull, blue, low, sad)
9
in the dumps(expression, adjective, idiom, upset, dull)
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spiritless(adjective, blue, low, sad, unhappy)
6
down in the dumps(expression, adjective, idiom, upset, dull)
6
downbeat(adjective, blue, low, sad, depression)
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droopy(adjective, dull, bad, blue, flat)
5
hurting(adjective, blue, low, sad, unhappy)
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in the doldrums(expression, adjective, idiom, low)
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chapfallen(adjective, upset, bad, blue, low)
4
troubled(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, gloomy)
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weeping(blue, sad, unhappy, miserable, dejected)
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cast down(expression, adjective, dull, bad, blue)
2
bad(adjective, blue, low, sad, unhappy)
2
bleeding(adjective, blue, low, sad, unhappy)
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bummed out(expression, adjective, bad, blue, low)
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