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mournful(adjective, happy, sad, unhappy, sorrow)
18
sad(adjective, moving, happy, unhappy, dark)
17
dolorous(adjective, happy, sad, unhappy, dark)
16
woeful(adjective, happy, sad, dark, sorrow)
15
sorrowful(adjective, upset, happy, sad, unhappy)
14
lugubrious(adjective, happy, sad, dark, sorrow)
14
melancholy(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
13
disconsolate(noun, adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow)
13
doleful(adjective, happy, sad, sorrow, depression)
13
grievous(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
13
wistful(adjective, sad, unhappy, dark, sorrow)
11
lamentable(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
11
pathetic(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
10
lachrymose(adjective, sad, unhappy, dark, sorrow)
9
dejected(adjective, sad, unhappy, dark, sorrow)
9
lamenting(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
9
querulous(adjective, upset, hard, difficult, cross)
9
rueful(adjective, happy, sad, sorrow, depression)
9
sorry(adjective, sad, unhappy, dark, sorrow)
8
miserable(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
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