4
heavyhearted(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, melancholy)
4
hungry(adjective, desire, anxious, eager, desirous)
4
moody(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, miserable)
4
rueful(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
4
ruminant(feature, characteristic, trait, thought, meditation)
4
serious(adjective, reasonable, keen, unhappy, gloomy)
4
sour(noun, verb, adjective, gloomy, mood)
4
speculative(thought, thoughtful, vague, thinking, faraway)
4
thinking(adjective, reasonable, keen, thought, deep)
4
unfortunate(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
all-a-mort(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
comfortless(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
craving(noun, adjective, desire, eager, desirous)
3
deplorable(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
devastating(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
drear(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
dusky(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
3
earnest(adjective, feeling, reasonable, keen, deep)
3
earnful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
3
grave(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
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