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longing(adjective, sad, melancholy, anxious)
20
yearning(adjective, sad, unhappy, melancholy)
17
wishful(adjective, desire, sad, melancholy)
16
disconsolate(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow)
16
homesick(adjective, desirous, syrupy, wishful)
15
languishing(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow)
7
sentimental(adjective, sad, regretful)
7
yearnful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow)
5
pining(adjective, eager, desirous, nostalgic)
5
teary(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow)
4
hankering(adjective, nostalgic)
4
sour(verb, adjective, gloomy, mood)
3
craving(adjective, desire, eager, desirous)
3
gushing
3
honing
2
mushy(adjective, sentimental, regretful)
2
romantic(adjective, passionate, heavy, hot)
2
sappy(adjective, sentimental, regretful)
2
sloppy(adjective, sentimental, regretful)
2
tear-jerking(moving, tender, stirring)
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