5
maltreated(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
5
mistreated(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
5
nettled(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
5
pained(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
5
perturbed(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
5
piqued(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
5
plaintive(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, dejected)
5
resentful(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
5
riled(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
5
soul-crushing
5
unfulfilled(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
4
aggrieved(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
4
bleak(noun, adjective, blue, low, sad)
4
comfortless(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, mood)
4
crushed(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy)
4
dark(adjective, bad, low, sad, unhappy)
4
desperate(adjective, hopeless)
4
downbeat(adjective, blue, low, sad, depression)
4
in low spirits(expression, adjective, idiom, low, sad)
4
low spirited(expression, adjective, idiom, blue, sad)
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