12
sorry(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
11
dreary(adjective, bad, sad, pain, unhappy)
11
piteous(adjective, mean, sad, pain, miserable)
11
rueful(adjective, bad, happy, sad, pain)
10
awful(adjective, sad, unhappy, terrible, grim)
10
melancholy(adjective, sad, pain, unhappy, sorrow)
10
plaintive(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
9
afflictive(adjective, bad, sad, pain, sorrow)
9
tearful(adjective, upset, bad, sad, sorrow)
9
terrible(adjective, sad, unhappy, awful, dreadful)
9
unhappy(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, suffer)
8
bad(adjective, sad, unhappy, inappropriate, sorrowful)
8
gloomy(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
8
joyless(adjective, sad, pain, sorrow, depression)
8
ruthful(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, sorrow)
7
catastrophic(adjective, sad, unhappy, awful, terrible)
7
comfortless(adjective, sad, pain, sorrow, depression)
7
dark(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
7
disconsolate(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
7
drear(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, sorrow)
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