8
depressed(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, dejected)
8
unhappy(adjective, upset, sad, dark, sorrow)
7
deplorable(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
7
despondent(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, dejected)
7
dispirited(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, dejected)
7
downhearted(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, dejected)
7
dreary(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
7
joyless(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
7
pensive(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
7
piteous(adjective, sad, miserable, painful, wretched)
7
pitiful(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, wretched)
7
sullen(adjective, upset, sad, unhappy, dark)
7
tearful(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
6
blue(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
6
disappointing(adjective, sad, unhappy, dark, sorrow)
6
gloomy(adjective, sad, cross, unhappy, sorrow)
6
glum(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, dejected)
6
regrettable(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
5
anguished(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, wretched)
5
desolate(adjective, sad, unhappy, dark, sorrow)
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