338
melancholy(adjective, unhappy, depressed, blue, gloomy)
182
miserable(adjective, upset, awful, terrible, melancholy)
169
depressed(adjective, dejected, upset, blue, melancholy)
158
mournful(adjective, unhappy, depressed, sorrow, melancholy)
153
sorrowful(adjective, unhappy, depressed, upset, melancholy)
143
gloomy(adjective, depressed, unhappy, blue, sadness)
139
unhappy(adjective, upset, melancholy, hurt, dark)
139
morose(adjective, depressed, unhappy, blue, dejected)
134
dejected(adjective, unhappy, depressed, upset, melancholy)
132
dismal(adjective, unhappy, gloomy, dark, depressed)
122
downhearted(adjective, unhappy, depressed, dejected, morose)
122
woeful(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
116
blue(adjective, unhappy, depressed, dejected, morose)
116
despondent(adjective, depressed, unhappy, dejected, morose)
100
wretched(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
98
joyless(adjective, unhappy, dark, black, miserable)
90
cheerless(adjective, unhappy, depressed, depressing, dark)
89
disconsolate(adjective, unhappy, depressed, dejected, upset)
83
doleful(adjective, unhappy, depressed, melancholy, depressing)
81
downcast(adjective, depressed, unhappy, upset, melancholy)
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