5
woeful(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
4
defective
4
gloomy(adjective, person, sad, sorrow, depression)
4
grievous(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
4
joyless(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
4
provoking(verb, adjective, sorrow, negative, emotion)
4
substandard(adjective, quiet, bad, poor, nasty)
4
unpleasant(adjective, nasty, sad, sorrow, awful)
4
vexatious(adjective, sorrow, negative, emotion, distressing)
4
wanting
3
all-a-mort(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
blue(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
comfortless(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
deficient
3
depressing(adjective, person, mood)
3
devastating(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
disillusioning(verb, adjective)
3
distressing(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
3
disturbing(verb, displeasing)
3
down in the dumps(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
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