7
lachrymose(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
7
ruinous(adjective, bad, catastrophic)
6
atrocious(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
6
depressing
6
destructive(adjective, bad, catastrophic)
6
disturbing
6
grim(adjective, bad, sad, awful, terrible)
6
hapless(adjective, bad, miserable, wretched, pathetic)
6
heartbreaking(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, wretched)
6
heavy(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
6
melancholy(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
6
moving(adjective, sad, unhappy, property, affected)
6
painful(adjective, bad, awful, terrible, dreadful)
6
piteous(adjective, sad, unhappy, wretched, pitiful)
6
unlucky(adjective, adverse, unfortunate, doomed)
5
adverse(adjective, bad, adverse, catastrophic)
5
afflictive(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
5
bad(adjective, preposition, awful, terrible, horrible)
5
beastly(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
5
cheerless(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, depressed)
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