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saddening(adjective, gloomy, sorrowful, pathetic, mournful)
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sadful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
teary(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
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tragical(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
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triste(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
tristful(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
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unsettling(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
woebegone(adjective, happy, sad, unhappy, miserable)
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woesome(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
wretched(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, painful)
3
yearnful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
2
affecting(adjective, sad, miserable, painful, wretched)
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anxious(adjective, dejected)
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cantankerous(adjective, difficult, cross, negative, emotional)
2
cranky(adjective, informal, sorrowful, pathetic, mournful)
2
critical(adjective, upset, difficult, cross, unhappy)
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deploring(difficult, critical, sour, discontented, uptight)
2
discouraged(adjective, dejected)
2
disheartened(adjective, dejected)
2
emotional(adjective, vulnerable, touchy, hypersensitive, thin-skinned)
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