11
sad(adjective, unhappy, sorrow, suffer, lamenting)
9
mournful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
9
sorrowful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
7
funereal(adjective, gloomy, melancholy, sorrowful, depressing)
7
melancholy(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
7
poetic(adjective, beauty, related, poetry)
5
plaintive(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
4
epic(adjective, poetry)
4
doleful(adjective, gloomy, melancholy, sorrowful, mournful)
4
iambic
4
lyrical(adjective, poetry)
3
anapestic
3
dejected(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
3
desolate(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
3
dithyrambic(adjective, poetry)
3
down in the dumps(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
3
dreary(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
3
idyllic
3
lachrymose(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
3
lamentable(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
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