4
mourning(adjective, low, hopeless, dejected, disheartened)
4
overcast(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
4
pessimistic(low, sad, unhappy, hopeless, dejected)
4
saddening(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, melancholy)
4
solemn(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
4
upsetting(adjective, bad, moving, awful, terrible)
3
all-a-mort(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
bad(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, dejected)
3
badly(adjective, adverb, sad, unhappy, sorrow)
3
careworn
3
conscience-stricken(adjective, sad, unhappy, apologetic)
3
disastrous(adjective, sad, unhappy)
3
dolesome(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
3
down hearted(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
dull(sad, unhappy, gloomy, miserable, boring)
3
dumpish(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
earnful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
grim(adjective, dull, sad, unhappy, dark)
3
hapless
3
heartrending(adjective, upset, mean, moving, low)
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