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devastating(sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
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dolesome(sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
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down(sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
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drear(sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
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dusky(sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
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earnful(sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
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fretful(upset, difficult, cross, unhappy)
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heartbroken(sad, painful, distressing, sorry)
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heavisome(sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
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heavy-hearted(sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
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heavy hearted(sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
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in a blue funk(sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
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moody(sad, cross, unhappy, gloomy)
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morose(sad, cross, unhappy, gloomy)
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moving(sad, miserable, wretched, pitiful)
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pitiable(sad, unhappy, miserable, wretched)
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poignant(sad, miserable, wretched, pitiful)
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saddening(gloomy, sorrowful, pathetic, mournful)
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sadful(sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
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teary(sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
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