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grief-stricken(unhappy, characteristic, upset, depression)
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plaintive(moving, happy, unhappy, dark)
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wronged(upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
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sullen(dull, blue, low, unhappy)
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upsetting(distressing, characteristic, moving, depression)
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pensive(unhappy, depressed, characteristic, bad)
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moving(state, distressing, characteristic, mean)
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comfortless(dull, mean, bad, poor)
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disappointing(person, unhappy, dark, sorrow)
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disheartening(sorrow, negative, emotion, person)
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inferior(poor, feature, characteristic, slang)
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heavyhearted(depressed, unhappy, blue, gloomy)
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unsatisfactory(characteristic, unfortunate, feature, crummy)
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heavy-hearted(noun, bad, blue, low)
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awful(terrible, horrible, afraid)
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crummy(feature, characteristic, slang, unfortunate)
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appalling(awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
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hapless(characteristic, depression, sadness, distressing)
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afflicted(upset, depression, down, afflict)
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dull(unhappy, dark, black, gloom)
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