16
sad(adjective, unhappy, upset, melancholy, depressed)
16
woebegone(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, miserable)
15
sorrowful(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, wretched)
14
disconsolate(adjective, upset, sad, unhappy, melancholy)
14
heartbroken(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, melancholy)
13
melancholy(adjective, upset, sad, unhappy, wretched)
12
dejected(adjective, upset, sad, unhappy, melancholy)
12
doleful(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, wretched)
12
mournful(adjective, sad, melancholy, miserable, wretched)
10
depressed(adjective, upset, sad, unhappy, melancholy)
10
heartsick(adjective, sad, sorrowful)
10
miserable(adjective, upset, sad, unhappy, melancholy)
9
bereaved
9
forlorn(adjective, upset, sad, unhappy, melancholy)
9
gloomy(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, wretched)
9
lugubrious(adjective, sad, melancholy, miserable, wretched)
9
unhappy(adjective, sad, gloomy, miserable, wretched)
8
cheerless(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, miserable)
8
despairing(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, wretched)
8
despondent(adjective, upset, sad, melancholy, miserable)
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