4
afflicted(adjective, mean, poor, low, sad)
4
afflictive(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
4
clement
4
humane
4
low(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
4
tender(adjective, pity)
4
tragic(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
3
all-a-mort(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
blue(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
comfortless(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
3
commiserative(adjective, mean, low, wretched, pitiful)
3
disappointing(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
down hearted(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
down in the dumps(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
3
dumpish(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
earnful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
grave(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
3
grieved(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
3
hapless(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
3
heavisome(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
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