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sorry(adjective, mean, moving, poor, low)
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wounded(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
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desolate(adjective, dull, bad, blue, low)
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joyless(adjective, dull, mean, blue, poor)
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lamentable(adjective, happy, sad, pain, sorrow)
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pathetic(adjective, sad, pain, dark, sorrow)
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pitiful(adjective, poor, sad, unhappy, unpleasant)
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dismal(adjective, dull, mean, poor, low)
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pitiable(adjective, sad, pain, unhappy, unpleasant)
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plaintive(adjective, happy, sad, dark, sorrow)
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tragic(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, awful)
13
aggrieved(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
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regrettable(adjective, wrong, happy, sad, dark)
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appalling(adjective, sad, awful, terrible, horrible)
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blue(adjective, sad, unhappy, low, depression)
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cheerless(adjective, sad, pain, unhappy, gloomy)
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dire(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible, miserable)
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distressing(adjective, mean, moving, poor, low)
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downhearted(adjective, bad, blue, low, sad)
12
dreary(adjective, dull, bad, low, sad)
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