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dolent(sad, miserable, painful, wretched, distressing)
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down(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
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drab
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drug(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
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dusky(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
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elegiac(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
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epicedian(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
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exorable
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forbearant
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forbearing
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groanful(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
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happy as a bastard on father's day(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
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hard(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
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hard to bear(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
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heartrending(adjective, mean, low, painful, wretched)
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heavy hearted(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
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human
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humanitarian
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hurt(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, miserable)
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hurting(sad, painful, distressing, sorry, mournful)
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