7
hopeless(adjective, dull, bad, low, sad)
7
languishing(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
7
malcontent(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
7
pitiable(adjective, upset, mean, low, sad)
7
poignant(adjective, upset, moving, sad, painful)
7
querulous
7
regrettable(adjective, happy, sad, sorrow, depression)
7
unfortunate(adjective, dull, sad, unhappy, sorrow)
7
vexed(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
6
affecting(adjective, upset, mean, moving, low)
6
hurting(adjective, upset, bad, low, sad)
6
moving(adjective, mean, low, unhappy, wretched)
6
repentant(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorry, apologetic)
6
sombre(adjective, sad, somber, forlorn)
6
sore(adjective, upset, wrong, sorrow, melancholy)
6
touching(adjective, mean, moving, low, emotional)
6
troubled(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, melancholy)
6
weeping(upset, sad, unhappy, dejected, pathetic)
5
bereaved
5
bleak(adjective, dull, sad, unhappy, dark)
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