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rueful(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
12
sorrowful(adjective, upset, bad, sad, unhappy)
11
miserable(adjective, mean, bad, poor, low)
11
sorry(adjective, sad, informal, unhappy, unpleasant)
9
deplorable(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, sorrow)
9
lamentable(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, sorrow)
8
dolorous(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
8
grievous(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, sorrow)
8
mournful(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, sorrow)
8
woeful(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, sorrow)
7
dismal(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
7
drear(noun, adjective, bad, sad, unhappy)
7
dreary(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, sorrow)
7
lugubrious(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
7
sad(adjective, bad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
7
unhappy(adjective, sad, unpleasant, sorrow, depression)
6
desolate(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, sorrow)
6
disconsolate(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, unpleasant)
6
doleful(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
6
gloomy(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
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