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| oppressive(adjective, hard, difficult, complex, depressing) | |
| pathetic(adjective, view, look, behavior, distressing) | |
| unfortunate(adjective, feature, sorrow, negative) | |
| sombre(adjective, unhappy, dark, gloom, black) | |
| somber(adjective, unhappy, dark, black, sadness) | |
| pitiable(adjective, vile, shameful, pitiful, despicable) | |
| low(adjective, depressed, unhappy, blue, gloomy) | |
| difficult(adjective, hard, complex, depression) | |
| bad(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid) | |
| in the dumps(adjective, expression, idiom, unhappy, depressed) | |
| lachrymose(adjective, crying, unhappy, sorrow, suffer) | |
| melancholic(adjective, unhappy, depressed, upset, depression) | |
| pessimistic(adjective, unhappy, depressed, gloomy, miserable) | |
| dark(adjective, unhappy, gloomy, depressing, dull) | |
| heartsick(adjective, unhappy, depressed, despondent) | |
| poignant(adjective, state, distressing, affecting) | |
| morbid(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid) | |
| wistful(adjective, unhappy, sorrow, sadness, suffer) | |
| regrettable(adjective, sorrow, negative, emotion, distressing) | |
| bitter(adjective, unhappy, sadness, depressed) |
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