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disheartened(verb, adjective, upset, bad, blue)
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depressed(verb, adjective, upset, bad, blue)
19
despondent(adjective, upset, bad, blue, low)
17
dejected(adjective, bad, blue, low, sad)
16
sad(adjective, bad, blue, low, unhappy)
16
downhearted(adjective, upset, bad, blue, low)
16
dispirited(adjective, bad, blue, low, sad)
15
downcast(adjective, blue, sad, unhappy, depressed)
13
blue(adjective, state, slang, drunk, drunken)
12
gloomy(adjective, bad, blue, low, difficult)
11
hopeless(adjective, upset, low, sad, uncertain)
10
demoralized(adjective, low, mood, weather, disheartened)
10
melancholy(adjective, blue, low, difficult, sad)
10
disconsolate(adjective, blue, sad, unhappy, depressed)
10
down(adjective, upset, bad, blue, low)
10
not good
9
miserable(adjective, bad, blue, low, sad)
9
dismal(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, mood)
9
glum(adjective, bad, blue, low, sad)
8
daunted(verb, adjective, sad, depressed, fearful)
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