15
lachrymose(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
14
bleak(noun, adjective, person, dull, blue)
14
despairing(noun, adjective, bad, low, sad)
14
heartsick(adjective, low, unhappy, gloomy, miserable)
14
pessimistic(noun, adjective, upset, person, blue)
13
dour(adjective, sorrow, feelings, depress, sadness)
13
plaintive(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
13
sulky(adjective, sorrow, feelings, depress, sadness)
12
desolation(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
12
desperation(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
12
distressed(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, miserable)
12
down in the dumps(adjective, sad, expression, idiom, unhappy)
12
grief-stricken(adjective, upset, sad, unhappy, wretched)
12
hopeless(noun, adjective, upset, person, dull)
12
pensive(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
11
disheartened(adjective, blue, low, sad, depressed)
11
discouraged(adjective, blue, low, difficult, sad)
11
downheartedness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, happy)
11
grievous(adjective, sad, pain, unhappy, sorrow)
11
heavyhearted(adjective, blue, sad, unhappy, gloomy)
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