3
teary(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
tough
3
tragical(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
tristful(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
unsettling(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
wistful(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
woesome(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
2
affecting
2
bad(adjective, inadequate, cheap, inappropriate, substandard)
2
bitter
2
catastrophic
2
cheerless
2
depressing
2
distressful
2
disturbing
2
dolesome(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
2
dolorific(miserable, wretched, anguished)
2
foul
2
gloomy(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
2
grave(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
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