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wistfulness(noun, sorrow, depression, sadness, unhappiness)
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anguished(adjective, miserable, wretched, sorrowful, hopeless)
4
afflictive(adjective, sad, pain, sorrow, depression)
4
agony(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
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chapfallen(adjective, blue, sad, depression, woe)
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churlish(adjective, low, feelings, gloomy, miserable)
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dejectedness(noun, sadness, misery, unhappiness)
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despondence(noun, happy, feelings, sadness, gloom)
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dim(adjective, blue, sad, depression, woe)
4
drab(adjective, dull, blue, sad, unhappy)
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dusky(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
4
dysphoria(noun, happy, sorrow, depression, feelings)
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elegiac(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
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glowering(adjective, sullen)
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hurt(noun, adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable)
4
ill-humored(adjective, low, feelings, gloomy, miserable)
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ill-tempered(adjective, low, feelings, gloomy, miserable)
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irritable(adjective, low, feelings, miserable, unstable)
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joylessness(noun, sorrow, sadness, misery, unhappiness)
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murky(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
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