9
testy(adjective, low, difficult, cross, feelings)
9
woeful(adjective, blue, sad, gloomy, melancholy)
8
bitter(adjective, nasty, unhappy, gloomy, melancholy)
8
bleak(adjective, person, dull, blue, sad)
8
brooding(adjective, bad, sad, cross, unhappy)
8
churlish(adjective, mean, low, feelings, coarse)
8
desolate(adjective, person, blue, sad, depression)
8
despairing(adjective, low, sad, unhappy, gloomy)
8
lowering(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
8
snappish(adjective, tough, difficult, harsh, feelings)
8
solemn(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
8
sorry(adjective, unhappy, unpleasant, sorrow, gloomy)
8
unsociable(adjective, tough, harsh, coarse, sullen)
8
wretched(adjective, blue, low, sad, unhappy)
7
beetle-browed(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
7
broody(adjective, blue, sad, unhappy, feelings)
7
crabbed(adjective, mean, blue, rough, nasty)
7
distressed(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, depressed)
7
grief-stricken(adjective, sad, sorrowful)
7
heavy-hearted(adjective, blue, sad, depression, woe)
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