172 entries under sad topic. ×

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disastrous(adjective, unhappy, sorrowful)
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dreary(adjective, unhappy, miserable)
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infelicitous(adjective, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
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lugubrious(adjective, unhappy, melancholy, miserable)
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petty(adjective, mean, moving, slight, lower)
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agonizing(adjective, moving, severe, awful)
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appalling(adjective, unhappy, awful, terrible)
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calamitous(adjective, unhappy, awful, terrible)
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contrite(adjective, unhappy, apologetic)
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crestfallen(adjective, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
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despondent(adjective, unhappy, miserable, sorrowful)
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fortuneless(adjective, unhappy, unpleasant, sick)
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hard(adjective, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
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ill fated(expression, adjective, idiom, unhappy)
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poor fellow(expression, adjective, idiom, unhappy)
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regretful(adjective, unhappy, upsetting, deplorable)
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tender(adjective, kind, moving, miserable)
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touched(verb, unhappy, pity, apologetic)
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useless(miserable, wretched, unimportance, affecting)
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wretch(noun, adjective, unhappy, unpleasant)
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