69 entries under unhappy topic. ×

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ill-fated(adjective, bad, poor, sad)
16
unfortunate(adjective, bad, poor, sad)
15
unlucky(adjective, bad, poor, sad)
14
star-crossed(adjective, sad, unpleasant, woe)
13
hapless(adjective, bad, poor, sad)
13
wretched(adjective, bad, sad, unpleasant)
10
miserable(adjective, sad, unpleasant, woe)
9
luckless(adjective, bad, sad, unpleasant)
8
doomed(adjective, bad, poor, miserable)
8
sinister(adjective, sad, unpleasant, woe)
8
untoward(adjective, bad, sad, unpleasant)
7
calamitous(adjective, bad, poor, miserable)
7
poor(adjective, sad, unpleasant, woe)
6
catastrophic(adjective, miserable, wretched, unfortunate)
6
infelicitous(adjective, sad, unpleasant, woe)
6
pitiable(adjective, sad, unpleasant, woe)
5
pitiful(adjective, sad, unpleasant, woe)
5
sorry(adjective, sad, unpleasant, woe)
4
abject(adjective, sad, unpleasant, woe)
4
forlorn(adjective, sad, unpleasant, woe)
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