63 entries under sorrowful topic. ×

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sad(adjective, dull, unhappy, dark, gloomy)
9
joyless(adjective, dull, sad, unhappy, dark)
8
mournful(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, melancholy)
7
gloomy(adjective, dull, sad, unhappy, dark)
7
pathetic(sad, melancholy, mournful, deplorable)
6
dismal(adjective, dull, sad, unhappy, dark)
5
melancholy(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, miserable)
4
plaintive(adjective, gloomy, pathetic, mournful)
3
grim(adjective, sad, gloomy, miserable, down)
2
disconsolate(adjective, dull, sad, unhappy, dark)
2
dolorous(adjective, sad, gloomy, miserable, down)
2
funereal(adjective, dull, bad, sad, unhappy)
2
lugubrious(adjective, dull, sad, unhappy, dark)
2
piteous(sad, melancholy, mournful, woebegone)
2
rueful(sad, melancholy, mournful, woebegone)
2
sorry(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, dark)
2
woebegone(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, melancholy)
2
woeful(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, melancholy)
1
dejected(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, miserable)
1
depressed(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, miserable)
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