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afflicted(adjective, upset, depression, down, afflict)
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dull(adjective, unhappy, dark, black, gloom)
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mirthless(adjective, blue, unhappy, dark, sorrow)
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victimized(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
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disastrous(adjective, characteristic, destroy, unhappy, depression)
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saddening(adjective, miserable, depressing, characteristic, dull)
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broken-hearted(adjective, depression, sadness, woe)
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desperate(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
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dispiriting(adjective, depressing, dull, unhappy, dark)
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grieved(adjective, unhappy, depressed, characteristic, bad)
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heart-rending(adjective, distressing, characteristic, tender, depression)
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in the doldrums(expression, adjective, idiom, low, miserable)
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pained(adjective, upset, cut, hit, tender)
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weeping(unhappy, crying, adjective, characteristic, depression)
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hopeless(noun, adjective, upset, person, dull)
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discouraged(adjective, bad, blue, low, unhappy)
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grim(adjective, person, dull, quiet, blue)
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hangdog(adjective, sadness, gloom, unclear, morose)
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poor(adjective, mean, moving, lower, rough)
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murky(adjective, obscure, sorrow, gloomy, depress)
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