3
plaintive
3
somber(adjective, light, bright, sad, depressing)
3
unsatisfied
3
woebegone
2
anguished
2
bereaved
2
bereft
2
bitter
2
bleak
2
cheerless
2
cloudy
2
crestfallen
2
despairing
2
disagreeable(adjective, upset, sad)
2
disheartened
2
displeased
2
dissatisfied
2
dolourous
2
down(adjective, upset, sad)
2
elegiac
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