4
despairing(adjective, gloomy, depressed, wretched, dejected)
4
dire(adjective, miserable, wretched, shameful, unfortunate)
4
disheartening(adjective, person, dull, gloomy, miserable)
4
dolesome(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, miserable)
4
harrowing(adjective, miserable, wretched, anguished)
4
lamenting(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
4
melancholic(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
4
mirthless(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, gloomy)
4
weeping(adjective, upset, sad, pathetic, watery)
3
affecting
3
all-a-mort(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
bad(adjective, person, pain, mood)
3
devastating(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
disagreeable(dull, pain, gloomy, miserable)
3
disheartened(adjective, dejected)
3
distressed(adjective, upset, sad, gloomy, miserable)
3
downbeat(adjective, person, sad, gloomy, miserable)
3
downcast(adjective, sad, unhappy, terrible, gloomy)
3
drear(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
dusky(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
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