10
sulky(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
10
sunless(adjective, dark, sorrow, depress, sadness)
9
baleful(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, depress)
9
discouraged(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, mood)
9
forbidding(adjective, severe, thin, dark, unfriendly)
9
ghastly(adjective, bad, awful, gloomy, disgusting)
9
gray(verb, adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness)
9
grieved(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
9
low(adjective, mean, soft, blue, obscure)
9
tedious(verb, adjective, dull, flat, gloomy)
9
tenebrous(adjective, sorrow, gloomy, depress, sadness)
9
tragic(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
9
uncheerful(adjective, sad, unhappy, dark, sorrow)
8
disheartened(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, mood)
8
distressed(mean, low, miserable, wretched, sorrowful)
8
distressing(adjective, mean, poor, low, pain)
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heartbroken
8
heavy-hearted(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
8
languishing(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
8
obscure(adjective, dark, sadness, gloom, unclear)
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