3
tristful(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
unfulfilling(adjective, second-rate, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, fruitless)
3
unsettling(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
vexing(adjective, sorrow, negative, emotion)
3
wailful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
woesome(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
yearnful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
2
afflictive(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
2
aggravating(adjective, sorrow, negative, emotion)
2
angering(verb, displeasing)
2
awful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrowful)
2
baffling
2
betraying
2
cheerless(adjective, person, mood)
2
dashing(verb, adjective)
2
deceiving
2
deluding
2
disagreeable(adjective, bad, nasty, offensive, unpleasant)
2
disconsolate(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
2
disgusting(verb, displeasing)
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