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130 entries under sad topic. ×

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dreary(adjective, pain, unhappy, sorrow)
8
melancholy(adjective, pain, unhappy, sorrow)
8
piteous(adjective, mean, low, pain)
8
sorry(adjective, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
7
cruel(adjective, harsh, unhappy, unpleasant)
7
disastrous(adjective, unhappy, awful, terrible)
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heartbreaking(adjective, mean, moving, poor, low)
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cheerless(adjective, mean, low, pain)
6
unhappy(adjective, offensive, unpleasant, sorrow)
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blue(adjective, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
5
dispiriting(adjective, obscure, unhappy, dark)
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joyless(adjective, mean, low, pain)
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moving(adjective, mean, low, miserable)
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touching(adjective, mean, moving, low)
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affecting(mean, moving, low, pain)
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catastrophic(adjective, unhappy, awful, terrible)
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dejected(adjective, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
4
down in the dumps(adjective, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
4
funereal(adjective, unhappy, miserable, shocking)
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grieving(adjective, hurt, angry, sorrowful)
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