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complaining(adjective, upset, difficult, cross, unhappy)
3
contemplative(adjective, melancholy, thoughtful, dejected, pensive)
3
devastating(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
dolesome(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
3
down(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
3
drear(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
dusky(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
earnful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
fretful(adjective, upset, difficult, cross, unhappy)
3
heartbroken(adjective, sad, painful, distressing, sorry)
3
heavisome(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
heavy-hearted(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
3
heavy hearted(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
in a blue funk(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
moody(adjective, sad, cross, unhappy, gloomy)
3
morose(adjective, sad, cross, unhappy, gloomy)
3
moving(adjective, sad, miserable, wretched, pitiful)
3
pitiable(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, wretched)
3
plangent
3
poignant(adjective, sad, miserable, wretched, pitiful)
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