82 entries under sorrowful topic. ×

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somber(adjective, unhappy, dark, black, sadness)
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pitiable(adjective, vile, shameful, pitiful, despicable)
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low(adjective, depressed, unhappy, blue, gloomy)
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unbearable(adjective, upset, hard, difficult, melancholy)
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bad(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
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lachrymose(adjective, crying, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
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dark(adjective, unhappy, gloomy, depressing, dull)
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heartsick(adjective, unhappy, depressed, despondent, characteristic)
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wistful(adjective, unhappy, sorrow, sadness, suffer)
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regrettable(adjective, sorrow, negative, emotion, distressing)
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heartbroken(adjective, unhappy, characteristic, depression, gloomy)
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anguished(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, miserable)
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grief-stricken(adjective, unhappy, characteristic, upset, depression)
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plaintive(adjective, moving, happy, unhappy, dark)
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sullen(adjective, dull, blue, low, unhappy)
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comfortless(adjective, dull, mean, bad, poor)
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disappointing(adjective, person, unhappy, dark, sorrow)
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disastrous(adjective, characteristic, destroy, unhappy, depression)
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saddening(adjective, miserable, depressing, characteristic, dull)
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hopeless(noun, adjective, upset, person, dull)
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