8
glum(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, depressed)
8
tormented(verb, adjective, upset, gloomy, anxious)
8
unsettled(verb, adjective, state, hurt, low)
7
afraid(adjective, upset, depression, excited, anxious)
7
alarmed(verb, adjective, state, depression, feel)
7
apprehensive(adjective, upset, hurt, low, sad)
7
cowardly
7
crestfallen(adjective, upset, depression, down, afflict)
7
disconcerted(adjective, state, upset, hurt, low)
7
embarrassed(adjective, poor, poverty)
7
grief-stricken(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, wretched)
7
lugubrious(adjective, sad, miserable, wretched, sorrowful)
7
malcontent(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
7
morose(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, depressed)
7
poor(adjective, mean, poor, low, sad)
7
suffering(adjective, upset, cut, mean, hurt)
6
desolate(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, miserable)
6
dysphoric(adjective, depressed)
6
hangdog(upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness, resentment)
6
heartsick(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, depressed)
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