7
glum(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, melancholy)
7
grieved(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
7
heartsick(adjective, unhappy, gloomy, melancholy, miserable)
7
miserable(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
7
sentimental(noun, adjective, sad, regretful)
7
woebegone(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, melancholy)
7
yearnful(noun, adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow)
6
anxious(adjective, desire, eager, desirous, syrupy)
6
depressed(adjective, happy, sad, unhappy, gloomy)
6
downhearted(adjective, happy, sad, unhappy, gloomy)
6
eager(adjective, feeling, enthusiastic, excited, anxious)
6
heartbroken(adjective, dejected)
6
low(adjective, happy, sad, unhappy, sorrow)
6
morose(adjective, dejected)
6
museful(adjective, reasonable, keen, thought, deep)
5
deliberative(adjective, reasonable, keen, thought, deep)
5
despairing(adjective, dejected)
5
disappointing(adjective, sad, unhappy, dark, sorrow)
5
down hearted(adjective, sad, unhappy, dark, sorrow)
5
down in the dumps(expression, adjective, idiom, sad, unhappy)
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