9
doomed(adjective, bad, poor, unhappy, miserable)
9
jinxed(adjective, bad, poor, awkward, inappropriate)
8
sorry(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
7
abject(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
7
cursed(adjective, bad, poor, unhappy, miserable)
7
forlorn(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
7
inauspicious(adjective, unhappy, unpleasant, miserable, wretched)
7
tragic(adjective, bad, miserable, wretched, pathetic)
6
fortuneless(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
5
ill fated(expression, adjective, idiom, sad, unhappy)
5
unblessed(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
4
calamitous(adjective, bad, unhappy, terrible, gloomy)
4
paltry(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
4
unblest(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
3
badly off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, poor, depressed)
3
blow chunks(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
3
brokenhearted(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
3
crestfallen(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
3
desolate(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
3
desolate heart(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
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