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discouraged(adjective, blue, low, sad, unhappy)
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distrustful(adjective, person, feelings, negative, doubtful)
9
downbeat(adjective, person, feelings, uncertain, depressed)
9
downhearted(noun, verb, adjective, blue, low)
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low(adjective, person, sad, unhappy, gloomy)
9
woebegone(adjective, person, sad, unhappy, miserable)
8
miserable(adjective, upset, person, low, unhappy)
8
sardonic(adjective, person, attitude, shameless, negative emotions)
8
unhappy(noun, adjective, person, sad, miserable)
7
blue(noun, adjective, low, sad, unhappy)
7
down(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, depressed)
7
foreboding(adjective, hard, severe, uncertain, negative)
7
suspicious(adjective, person, feelings, negative, doubtful)
7
world-weary(adjective, person, shameless, negative emotions)
6
disheartened(adjective, low, sad, unhappy, miserable)
6
dispirited(adjective, sad, unhappy, depressed, hopeless)
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doleful(adjective, low, sad, depressed, hopeless)
6
doubtful(adjective, person, uncertain, negative, cynical)
6
grim(adjective, person, sad, unhappy, miserable)
6
in the dumps(expression, idiom, unhappy, depressed, disheartened)
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