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239 entries under sad topic. ×
| afflicted(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy) | |
| desolate(noun, adjective, blue, sorrow) | |
| heartsick(adjective, bad, unhappy, depressed) | |
| melancholic(adjective, blue, depression, feelings) | |
| plaintive(adjective, happy, sorrow, depression) | |
| anguished(adjective, upset, melancholy, miserable) | |
| grieved(adjective, bad, sorrow, depression) | |
| heavy-hearted(adjective, bad, blue, sorrow) | |
| low(adjective, bad, blue, unhappy) | |
| sorry(adjective, moving, unhappy, sorrow) | |
| sullen(adjective, sorrow, depression, feelings) | |
| sombre(adjective, sorrowful, distressing, hopeless) | |
| distressing(adjective, miserable, wretched, sorrowful) | |
| heavyhearted(adjective, blue, unhappy, gloomy) | |
| pensive(adjective, bad, unhappy, sorrow) | |
| tearful(adjective, bad, sorrow, depression) | |
| wistful(adjective, unhappy, sorrow, depression) | |
| deplorable(adjective, bad, happy, sorrow) | |
| dour(adjective, feelings, miserable, unstable) | |
| down in the dumps(expression, adjective, idiom, bad, blue) |
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