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serious(dull, reasonable, unhappy, dark)
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unfortunate(dull, difficult, sad, unhappy)
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wailful(sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
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weeping(noun, worry, blue, distress)
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anguished(miserable, wretched, sorrowful, hopeless)
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afflictive(sad, pain, sorrow, depression)
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chapfallen(blue, sad, depression, woe)
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churlish(low, feelings, gloomy, miserable)
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dim(blue, sad, depression, woe)
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drab(dull, blue, sad, unhappy)
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dusky(sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
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elegiac(sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
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glowering
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hurt(noun, sad, unhappy, miserable)
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ill-humored(low, feelings, gloomy, miserable)
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ill-tempered(low, feelings, gloomy, miserable)
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irritable(low, feelings, miserable, unstable)
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murky(sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
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nostalgic(sad, unhappy, gloomy, miserable)
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pitiable(pain, miserable, wretched, pitiful)
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