5
mournful(adjective, blue, low, sad, unhappy)
5
sorrowful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, gloomy)
5
sorry(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, gloomy)
5
wistful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, gloomy)
4
brooding(adjective, sad, unhappy, feelings, depressed)
4
broody(adjective, blue, low, feelings, gloomy)
4
cantankerous(adjective, low, feelings, gloomy, depressed)
4
churlish(adjective, low, feelings, gloomy, miserable)
4
crabby(adjective, low, feelings, gloomy, depressed)
4
cranky(adjective, low, feelings, gloomy, miserable)
4
cross(adjective, low, feelings, gloomy, depressed)
4
distressing(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
4
dour(adjective, low, feelings, gloomy, miserable)
4
down in the mouth(expression, adjective, idiom, dull, bad)
4
dreary(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
4
feeling gloomy
4
grouchy(adjective, low, feelings, gloomy, miserable)
4
grumpy(adjective, feelings, unstable, changeable, temperamental)
4
ill-humored(adjective, low, feelings, gloomy, depressed)
4
ill-tempered(adjective, low, feelings, gloomy, depressed)
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