10
malcontent(adjective, upset, unhappy, sorrow, melancholy)
10
nettled(verb, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
10
ruffled(verb, adjective, state, worry, excite)
10
sore(adjective, upset, wrong, sorrow, melancholy)
9
aggrieved(adjective, upset, hurt, sorrow, resentment)
9
dejected(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
9
despairing(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
9
disillusioned(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
9
downcast(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
9
downhearted(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
9
fed up(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, upset)
9
low-spirited(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
9
uneasy(adjective, worry, excite, awkward, uncomfortable)
9
worried(adjective, state, upset, depression, feel)
8
fretted(verb, adjective, state, depression, feel)
8
grieved(adjective, state, upset, wrong, sorrow)
8
pestered(verb, adjective, anxious, unsettled, worried)
8
petulant(noun, adjective, upset, short, resentment)
7
alarmed(adjective, state, worry, excite, depression)
7
angered(noun, verb, adjective, state, cross)
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