25
grievous(adjective, mean, poor, low, happy)
24
disconsolate(adjective, upset, dull, blue, sad)
21
doleful(adjective, bad, moving, low, happy)
21
dolorous(adjective, upset, dull, happy, sad)
21
woebegone(adjective, dull, mean, bad, blue)
21
dejected(adjective, dull, bad, blue, low)
21
grieving(adjective, upset, sad, sorrow, terrible)
21
oppressed(upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness, resentment)
21
pained(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
21
unfortunate(adjective, sad, unhappy, dark, unpleasant)
21
upset(adjective, sorrow, melancholy, sadness, resentment)
19
deplorable(adjective, happy, sad, pain, sorrow)
19
discontented(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
19
disgruntled(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
19
displeased(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
19
persecuted(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
18
forlorn(adjective, dull, bad, blue, low)
18
gloomy(adjective, dull, bad, blue, low)
18
lugubrious(adjective, happy, sad, unhappy, dark)
17
affronted(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
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