6
sorry(adjective, mean, poor, low, sad)
6
tragical(adjective, sad, sorrow, awful, depression)
6
ugly(adjective, tough, severe, unpleasant, awful)
6
vicious(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible, horrible)
5
base(adjective, mean, poor, low, unpleasant)
5
cheerless(adjective, mean, low, sad, pain)
5
desperate(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
5
distasteful(adjective, hard, severe, tender, offensive)
5
drear(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, sorrow)
5
execrable(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
5
frightening(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
5
grieved(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
5
grisly(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
5
lachrymose(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
5
moving(adjective, mean, low, wretched, distressing)
5
tedious(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes)
5
touching(adjective, mean, low, pain, wretched)
5
unsettling(adjective, sad, sorrow, awful, depression)
5
vile(adjective, mean, poor, low, unpleasant)
5
wailful(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, sorrow)
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