4
dreary(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, miserable)
4
edgy(adjective, anxious, nervous, worried, tense)
4
harassed(verb, adjective, upset, anxious, worried)
4
hard put(expression, adjective, idiom)
4
hung up(adjective, upset, depression, down, afflict)
4
impoverished(adjective, poor, destitute, broke, needy)
4
inconvenienced(adjective, state, depression, feel, sadness)
4
needy(adjective, poor, broken, poverty, destitute)
4
petulant(adjective, upset, nervous, resentment, worried)
4
pinched(verb, poverty)
4
plagued(verb, adjective, anxious, worried, troubled)
4
reduced(adjective, poor, barren, needy, penurious)
4
ruffled(adjective, state, hurt, weak, low)
4
somber(sad, unhappy, gloomy, hyper, cast-down)
4
straitened(adjective, poverty)
4
uptight(adjective, upset, wild, excited, anxious)
4
weeping(upset, sad, pathetic, watery, crying)
4
wistful
4
wretched(adjective, upset, mean, low, unhappy)
3
abashed
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