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105 entries under sorrowful topic. ×

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bleak(adjective, dull, blue, obscure, sad)
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grieving(adjective, low, sad, unhappy, miserable)
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lachrymose(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
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cantankerous(adjective, feelings, unstable, changeable)
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crabby(adjective, feelings, unstable, changeable)
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cranky(adjective, feelings, mournful, lamenting)
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grumpy(adjective, feelings, unstable, changeable)
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heartrending(adjective, sad, unhappy, melancholy, wretched)
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mourning(noun, low, hopeless, dejected)
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droopy(adjective, bad, blue, sad, unhappy)
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nostalgic(mournful, lamenting)
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saddened(adjective, sad, gloomy, miserable, down)
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down in the mouth(expression, adjective, idiom, bad, blue)
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downbeat(adjective, blue, sad, depression, gloomy)
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dragged(adjective, dull, bad, blue, sad)
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elegiac(adjective, sad, gloomy, melancholy)
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mirthless(adjective, sad, gloomy, miserable, down)
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sepulchral(adjective, dull, dark, gloomy, melancholy)
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serious(adjective, dull, dark, gloomy, melancholy)
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agonized(sad, unhappy, gloomy, depressed, wretched)
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