3
unlucky(adjective, unfortunate, deprived)
3
unsettling(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
upsetting(adjective, moving, awful, terrible, dreadful)
3
weak(adjective, poor, terrible, gloomy, miserable)
3
woesome(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
worrying(adjective, characteristic, feelings, emotion)
2
soul stirring(adjective, characteristic, feelings, emotion)
2
sullen(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
2
absurd(adjective, ridiculous, pitiful, contemptible)
2
affective
2
afflicting
2
appalling(adjective, sad, unhappy, awful, terrible)
2
blue(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
2
calamitous(adjective, sad, unhappy, awful, terrible)
2
catastrophic(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrowful)
2
common(ridiculous, pitiful, laughable)
2
depressed(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, miserable)
2
derisory(adjective, ridiculous, pitiful, meager, stingy)
2
disheartening
2
distressful
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