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unhappy
Not suitable; inappropriate:
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  1. Not suitable; inappropriate:
  2. Sad; wretched; sorrowful
  3. Not happy or joyful; sad or sorrowful:
sorrowful
Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.
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  1. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.
  2. Feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow.
  3. Full of sorrow; feeling, causing, or expressing sorrow
sorry
Feeling or expressing sorrow:
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  1. Feeling or expressing sorrow:
  2. Worthless or inferior; paltry:
  3. Feeling or expressing sympathy or pity:
downcast
(Of a person) Feeling despondent.
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  1. (Of a person) Feeling despondent.
  2. (Of eyes) Looking downwards.
  3. Very unhappy or discouraged; sad; dejected
gloomy
Partially or totally dark, especially dismal and dreary:
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  1. Partially or totally dark, especially dismal and dreary:
  2. Very sad or dejected; hopeless; melancholy
  3. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded.
heartbroken
Suffering from or exhibiting overwhelming sorrow, grief, or disappointment.
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  1. Suffering from or exhibiting overwhelming sorrow, grief, or disappointment.
  2. Overwhelmed with sorrow, grief, or disappointment
heavy-hearted
Melancholy; depressed; sad.
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  1. Melancholy; depressed; sad.
depressed
Feeling or characterized by sadness or dejection.
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  1. Feeling or characterized by sadness or dejection.
  2. Unhappy, and blaming oneself rather than others; despondent
  3. Gloomy; dejected; sad
dismal
Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit:
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  1. Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit:
  2. Depressed; miserable
  3. Dark and gloomy; bleak; dreary
crushed
Treated so as to have a permanently crinkled or rumpled appearance. Used of a fabric:
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  1. Treated so as to have a permanently crinkled or rumpled appearance. Used of a fabric:
pensive
Expressing deep thoughtfulness, often with some sadness
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  1. Expressing deep thoughtfulness, often with some sadness
  2. Showing or expressing deep, often melancholy thought:
  3. Engaged in deep and serious thought.
troubled
Emotionally or mentally disturbed
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  1. Emotionally or mentally disturbed
  2. Worried or concerned
  3. Anxious, worried, careworn
melancholic
Of or relating to melancholia.
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  1. Of or relating to melancholia.
  2. Affected with or subject to melancholy.
  3. Filled with or affected by melancholy"”great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
bitter
Designating or having a sharp, often unpleasant taste; acrid, as quinine or peach stones
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  1. Designating or having a sharp, often unpleasant taste; acrid, as quinine or peach stones
  2. Difficult or distasteful to accept, admit, or bear:
  3. Resulting from or expressive of severe grief, anguish, or disappointment:
downhearted
Low in spirit; depressed.
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  1. Low in spirit; depressed.
  2. Sad
glum
Gloomy; dismal.
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  1. Gloomy; dismal.
  2. Feeling or looking gloomy, sullen, or morose
  3. Moody and melancholy; dejected.
pessimistic
Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness.
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  1. Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness.
  2. (Should we delete(+) this redundant sense?) Always expecting the worst.
  3. Of or characterized by pessimism; expecting the worst
brokenhearted
Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss or repudiation of a romantic relationship.
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  1. Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss or repudiation of a romantic relationship.
  2. Crushed by sorrow, grief, or disappointment; inconsolable
  3. Grievously sad.
heartsick
Profoundly disappointed; despondent.
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  1. Profoundly disappointed; despondent.
  2. Sick at heart; extremely unhappy or despondent
despondent
Filled with despondency; dejected
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  1. Filled with despondency; dejected
  2. Feeling or expressing despondency; dejected.
careworn
Worn out by, or showing the effects of, troubles and worry; haggard
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  1. Worn out by, or showing the effects of, troubles and worry; haggard
  2. Showing the effects of worry, anxiety, or burdensome responsibility:
mourning
Of or expressing mourning
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  1. Of or expressing mourning
weeping
Shedding tears; tearful.
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  1. Shedding tears; tearful.
  2. That weeps tears or other liquid
  3. Dropping rain:
spiritless
Lacking spirit, energy, or vigor; listless; depressed
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  1. Lacking spirit, energy, or vigor; listless; depressed
joyless
Cheerless; dismal.
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  1. Cheerless; dismal.
  2. Without joy; unhappy, sad
moody
Resulting from or indicating such a mood
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  1. Resulting from or indicating such a mood
  2. Subject to or characterized by gloomy, sullen moods or changes of mood
  3. Expressive of a mood, especially a sullen or gloomy mood:
hopeless
Having no hope or chance of changing or improving:
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  1. Having no hope or chance of changing or improving:
  2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.
  3. Having no hope; despairing:
foreboding
Characterized by foreboding
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  1. Characterized by foreboding
  2. Ominous.
downcast
(Of a person) Feeling despondent.
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  1. (Of a person) Feeling despondent.
  2. (Of eyes) Looking downwards.
  3. Low in spirits; depressed.
lugubrious
Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
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  1. Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
  2. Very sad or mournful, esp. in a way that seems exaggerated or ridiculous
dispirited
Affected or marked by low spirits; dejected.
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  1. Affected or marked by low spirits; dejected.
  2. Without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.
dejected
In low spirits; depressed; disheartened
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  1. In low spirits; depressed; disheartened
  2. Sad and dispirited.
desolate
Barren; lifeless:
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  1. Barren; lifeless:
  2. Made uninhabitable; laid waste; in a ruinous state
  3. Feeling, showing, causing, or expressing sadness or loneliness.
melancholy
Sadly or soberly musing; pensive
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  1. Sadly or soberly musing; pensive
  2. Feeling, showing, or expressing depression of the spirits; sad or dejected.
  3. Sad and depressed; gloomy
morose
Characterized by gloom
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  1. Characterized by gloom
  2. Sullenly melancholy; gloomy.
  3. Ill-tempered; gloomy, sullen, etc.
rueful
Inspiring pity or compassion.
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  1. Inspiring pity or compassion.
  2. Feeling or showing regret, esp. in an abashed way
  3. Causing, feeling, or expressing sorrow or regret:
anguished
Showing or resulting from anguish
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  1. Showing or resulting from anguish
  2. Feeling, expressing, or caused by anguish:
  3. Feeling anguish
woebegone
Of woeful appearance; looking sorrowful, mournful, or wretched
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  1. Of woeful appearance; looking sorrowful, mournful, or wretched
  2. Filled with or deeply affected by woe.
  3. Feeling, showing, or expressing deep sorrow, grief, or wretchedness:
doleful
Causing grief:
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  1. Causing grief:
  2. Filled with or expressing grief; mournful.
  3. Full of or causing sorrow or sadness; mournful; melancholy
heavy
Hard to do or accomplish; arduous:
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  1. Hard to do or accomplish; arduous:
  2. Dense; thick:
  3. Too dense or rich to digest easily:
crestfallen
Dejected, disheartened, or humbled
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  1. Dejected, disheartened, or humbled
  2. With drooping crest or bowed head
  3. Dispirited and depressed; dejected.
despairing
Characterized by or resulting from despair; hopeless:
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  1. Characterized by or resulting from despair; hopeless:
  2. Feeling or showing despair; hopeless
  3. Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
morbid
Gruesome; grisly; horrible
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  1. Gruesome; grisly; horrible
  2. Psychologically unhealthy or unwholesome:
  3. Given to or characterized by unwholesome thoughts or feelings, especially of death or disease:
blighted
Affected with a blight
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  1. Affected with a blight
  2. Having caused to suffer a blight
  3. In bad condition as a result of neglect; run-down; deteriorated
grief-stricken
Stricken with grief; keenly distressed; sorrowful
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  1. Stricken with grief; keenly distressed; sorrowful
apprehensive
(Archaic) Capable of understanding and quick to apprehend.
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  1. (Archaic) Capable of understanding and quick to apprehend.
  2. Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy:
  3. Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy
anxious
Eagerly wishing
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  1. Eagerly wishing
  2. Attended with, showing, or causing anxiety:
  3. Uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter; worried.
dolorous
(Archaic) Painful
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  1. (Archaic) Painful
  2. Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.
  3. Very sorrowful or sad; mournful
wretched
Characterized by or causing distress or misery; dismal
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  1. Characterized by or causing distress or misery; dismal
  2. Of a poor or mean character; dismal:
  3. Deeply distressed or unhappy; miserable; unfortunate
lugubrious
Very sad or mournful, esp. in a way that seems exaggerated or ridiculous
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  1. Very sad or mournful, esp. in a way that seems exaggerated or ridiculous
  2. Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
lachrymose
Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful.
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  1. Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful.
  2. Causing or tending to cause tears.
  3. Causing tears; sad
lugubrious
Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
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  1. Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
  2. Very sad or mournful, esp. in a way that seems exaggerated or ridiculous
depressed
Unhappy, and blaming oneself rather than others; despondent
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  1. Unhappy, and blaming oneself rather than others; despondent
  2. Lower in amount, degree, or position:
  3. Low in spirits; dejected.
woeful
Affected by or full of woe; mournful:
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  1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful:
  2. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.
  3. Pitiful; wretched; miserable
miserable
Wretchedly inadequate:
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  1. Wretchedly inadequate:
  2. In a condition of misery; wretched, unhappy, suffering, etc.
  3. Very uncomfortable or unhappy; wretched.
mournful
Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
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  1. Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
  2. Having a sound, appearance, etc. that suggests sadness
  3. Of or characterized by mourning; feeling or expressing grief or sorrow
disconsolate
Causing or suggesting dejection; cheerless
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  1. Causing or suggesting dejection; cheerless
  2. Seeming beyond consolation; extremely dejected:
  3. So unhappy that nothing will comfort; inconsolable; dejected
forlorn
Without hope; desperate
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  1. Without hope; desperate
  2. Sad or lonely, especially from being deserted or abandoned:
  3. Lonely and sad; unhappy and neglected
saturnine
Cold and slow to change and react (refers to mood)
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  1. Cold and slow to change and react (refers to mood)
  2. Having or marked by a tendency to be bitter or sardonic:
  3. Gloomy, depressed, dull
atrabilious
Having a peevish disposition; surly.
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  1. Having a peevish disposition; surly.
  2. Inclined to melancholy.
  3. Melancholy, morose, cross, etc.
jaundiced
Prejudiced; envious; as, a jaundiced judgment.
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  1. Prejudiced; envious; as, a jaundiced judgment.
  2. Affected by or exhibiting envy, prejudice, or hostility.
  3. Yellow or yellowish.
out-of-sorts
(Idiomatic) Irritable or somewhat unwell, with vague medical symptoms.
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  1. (Idiomatic) Irritable or somewhat unwell, with vague medical symptoms.
  2. (Printing, dated) With some letters or sorts of type deficient or exhausted in the case or font.
distressed
Anxious or uneasy
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  1. Anxious or uneasy
  2. Intentionally marred or faded to convey an antique or used look:
  3. Given the appearance of wear, as by being faded or torn
bereaved
Grieving over the death of a relative or friend
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  1. Grieving over the death of a relative or friend
  2. Suffering the loss of a loved one:
dreary
Dismal; bleak.
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  1. Dismal; bleak.
  2. Boring; dull:
  3. Gloomy; cheerless; depressing; dismal; dull
bilious
Bad-tempered; cross
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  1. Bad-tempered; cross
  2. Of or like the color of bile
  3. Resembling bile, especially in color:
woeful
Wretched; paltry; poor
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  1. Wretched; paltry; poor
  2. Affected by or full of woe; mournful:
  3. Causing, involving, or expressing woe:
down
Afflicted; sick:
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  1. Afflicted; sick:
  2. Not permitted to advance further in the play because forward progress has stopped, especially by being tackled. Used of a ball carrier.
  3. Low in spirits; depressed:
blue
Having the color of the clear sky or the deep sea
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  1. Having the color of the clear sky or the deep sea
  2. Being a trail, as for skiing, marked with a sign having a blue square, indicating an intermediate level of difficulty.
  3. Wearing blue garments
pitiable
Arousing disdainful pity.
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  1. Arousing disdainful pity.
  2. Arousing or deserving of pity or compassion; lamentable.
  3. Arousing or deserving pity, sometimes mixed with scorn or contempt
unhappy
Not suitable; inappropriate:
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  1. Not suitable; inappropriate:
  2. Sad; wretched; sorrowful
  3. Not happy or joyful; sad or sorrowful:
discouraging
That discourages; disheartening; depressing
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  1. That discourages; disheartening; depressing
  2. That causes discouragement
joyless
Cheerless; dismal.
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  1. Cheerless; dismal.
  2. Without joy; unhappy, sad
dreary
Dismal; bleak.
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  1. Dismal; bleak.
  2. Boring; dull:
  3. Gloomy; cheerless; depressing; dismal; dull
dark
Reflecting only a small fraction of incident light; tending toward black:
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  1. Reflecting only a small fraction of incident light; tending toward black:
  2. Served without milk or cream:
  3. Unknown or concealed; mysterious:
dismal
Depressed; miserable
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  1. Depressed; miserable
  2. Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit:
  3. Dark and gloomy; bleak; dreary
gloomy
Overspread with or enveloped in darkness or dimness
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  1. Overspread with or enveloped in darkness or dimness
  2. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded.
  3. Partially or totally dark, especially dismal and dreary:
poignant
Sharp, biting, penetrating, pointed, etc.
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  1. Sharp, biting, penetrating, pointed, etc.
  2. Arousing deep emotion, especially pity or sorrow; touching:
  3. Evoking pity, compassion, etc.; emotionally touching or moving
moving
Changing or capable of changing position:
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  1. Changing or capable of changing position:
  2. Relating to or involved in a transfer of furnishings from one location to another:
  3. (no comparative or superlative) That moves or move.
touching
Eliciting or capable of eliciting sympathy or tenderness.
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  1. Eliciting or capable of eliciting sympathy or tenderness.
  2. Provoking sadness and pity.
  3. That touches the feelings; arousing tender emotion; affecting
mournful
Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy:
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  1. Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy:
  2. Of or characterized by mourning; feeling or expressing grief or sorrow
  3. Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
somber
Serious; grave:
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  1. Serious; grave:
  2. Dark; gloomy:
  3. Dark and gloomy or dull
doleful
Causing grief:
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  1. Causing grief:
  2. Filled with or expressing grief; mournful.
  3. Full of or causing sorrow or sadness; mournful; melancholy
funereal
Of or relating to a funeral.
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  1. Of or relating to a funeral.
  2. Appropriate for or suggestive of a funeral; mournful:
  3. Of or suitable for a funeral; esp., sad and solemn; gloomy; dismal
pathetic
Arousing or deserving of scornful pity.
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  1. Arousing or deserving of scornful pity.
  2. Arousing or deserving of sympathetic sadness and compassion:
  3. Expressing, arousing, or intended to arouse pity, sorrow, sympathy, or compassion; pitiful
tragic
Having the elements of tragedy; involving death, grief, or destruction:
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  1. Having the elements of tragedy; involving death, grief, or destruction:
  2. Like or characteristic of tragedy; bringing great harm, suffering, etc.; calamitous, disastrous, fatal, etc.
  3. Appropriate to the acting of tragedy
pitiful
Very small (of an amount or number).
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  1. Very small (of an amount or number).
  2. (Now rare) Feeling pity; merciful.
  3. So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
piteous
Demanding or arousing pity:
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  1. Demanding or arousing pity:
  2. Arousing or deserving pity or compassion
  3. Pitiful; evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy.
woeful
Wretched; paltry; poor
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  1. Wretched; paltry; poor
  2. Affected by or full of woe; mournful:
  3. Causing, involving, or expressing woe:
rueful
Inspiring pity or compassion.
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  1. Inspiring pity or compassion.
  2. Feeling or showing regret, esp. in an abashed way
  3. Causing, feeling, or expressing sorrow or regret:
sorry
Feeling or expressing sorrow:
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  1. Feeling or expressing sorrow:
  2. Worthless or inferior; paltry:
  3. Feeling or expressing sympathy or pity:
unfortunate
Not suitable or successful
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  1. Not suitable or successful
  2. Bringing, or coming by, bad luck; unfavorable
  3. Characterized by, bringing, or causing misfortune:
hapless
Devoid of talent or skill.
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  1. Devoid of talent or skill.
  2. Very unlucky; ill-fated.
  3. Unfortunate; unlucky; luckless
heart-rending
Causing much grief or mental anguish
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  1. Causing much grief or mental anguish
  2. Causing anguish or deep distress; arousing deep sympathy.
  3. Having a strong effect upon the emotions, inclining one to sadness or pity; heart-breaking.
dire
Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous:
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  1. Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous:
  2. Calling for quick action; urgent
  3. Arousing terror or causing extreme distress; dreadful; terrible
depressing
Causing sadness, gloom, or dejection:
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  1. Causing sadness, gloom, or dejection:
  2. Causing especially emotional depression.
  3. Causing depression or sadness.
grievous
Showing or characterized by grief
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  1. Showing or characterized by grief
  2. Very serious; deplorable
  3. Causing suffering; hard to bear; severe
cheap
Achieved with little effort:
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  1. Achieved with little effort:
  2. Of poor quality; inferior:
  3. Worthy of no respect; vulgar or contemptible:
bad
Vulgar or obscene:
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  1. Vulgar or obscene:
  2. Being in poor health or in pain:
  3. Not achieving an adequate standard; poor:
second-class
Designating or of accommodations next below the best
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  1. Designating or of accommodations next below the best
  2. Considered or treated as inferior in status, rights, or privileges in comparison with some others:
  3. Inferior in quality or standing.
blue
Having the color of the clear sky or the deep sea
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  1. Having the color of the clear sky or the deep sea
  2. Being a trail, as for skiing, marked with a sign having a blue square, indicating an intermediate level of difficulty.
  3. Indecent; risqué:
dejected
Sad and dispirited.
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  1. Sad and dispirited.
  2. In low spirits; depressed; disheartened
desolate
Made uninhabitable; laid waste; in a ruinous state
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  1. Made uninhabitable; laid waste; in a ruinous state
  2. Feeling, showing, causing, or expressing sadness or loneliness.
  3. Barren; lifeless:
dispirited
Without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.
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  1. Without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.
  2. Affected or marked by low spirits; dejected.
down
Not permitted to advance further in the play because forward progress has stopped, especially by being tackled. Used of a ball carrier.
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  1. Not permitted to advance further in the play because forward progress has stopped, especially by being tackled. Used of a ball carrier.
  2. Low in spirits; depressed:
  3. Characterized by low or falling prices
downhearted
Sad
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  1. Sad
  2. In low spirits; discouraged; dejected
dull
Not vivid; not brilliant; dim
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  1. Not vivid; not brilliant; dim
  2. Cloudy or overcast:
  3. Not bright, vivid, or shiny:
dysphoric
Pertaining to dysphoria, or of being in a state of dysphoria
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  1. Pertaining to dysphoria, or of being in a state of dysphoria
gloomy
Overspread with or enveloped in darkness or dimness
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  1. Overspread with or enveloped in darkness or dimness
  2. Showing or filled with gloom:
  3. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded.
heavy-hearted
Melancholy; depressed; sad.
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  1. Melancholy; depressed; sad.
low
Relatively small. Used of a cost, price, or other value:
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  1. Relatively small. Used of a cost, price, or other value:
  2. Cut to show the wearer's neck and chest; décolleté:
  3. Not loud; soft:
melancholic
Of or relating to melancholia.
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  1. Of or relating to melancholia.
  2. Affected with or subject to melancholy.
  3. Filled with or affected by melancholy"”great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
melancholy
Causing sadness, gloom, or depression
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  1. Causing sadness, gloom, or depression
  2. Sad and depressed; gloomy
  3. Feeling, showing, or expressing depression of the spirits; sad or dejected.
spiritless
Lacking spirit, energy, or vigor; listless; depressed
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  1. Lacking spirit, energy, or vigor; listless; depressed
tristful
Sorrowful; gloomy.
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  1. Sorrowful; gloomy.
  2. (Archaic) Sad; sorrowful; melancholy
unhappy
Not attended by or bringing good fortune; unlucky:
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  1. Not attended by or bringing good fortune; unlucky:
  2. Not suitable or apt; ill-chosen
  3. Not suitable; inappropriate:
wistful
Sad and thoughtful
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  1. Sad and thoughtful
  2. Full of melancholy longing or wishful yearning:
  3. Full of yearning or longing
doleful
Causing grief:
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  1. Causing grief:
  2. Filled with or expressing grief; mournful.
  3. Full of or causing sorrow or sadness; mournful; melancholy
dolorous
(Archaic) Painful
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  1. (Archaic) Painful
  2. Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.
  3. Very sorrowful or sad; mournful
mournful
Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy:
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  1. Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy:
  2. Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
  3. Feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful.
plaintive
Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
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  1. Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
  2. Expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad
rueful
Inspiring pity or compassion.
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  1. Inspiring pity or compassion.
  2. Feeling or showing regret, esp. in an abashed way
  3. Feeling or showing sorrow or pity; mournful
sorrowful
Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.
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  1. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.
  2. Of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught.
  3. Feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow.
woebegone
Filled with or deeply affected by woe.
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  1. Filled with or deeply affected by woe.
  2. Feeling, showing, or expressing deep sorrow, grief, or wretchedness:
  3. (Archaic) Woeful
woeful
Pitiful; wretched; miserable
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  1. Pitiful; wretched; miserable
  2. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.
  3. Affected by or full of woe; mournful:
blue
Having the color of the clear sky or the deep sea
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  1. Having the color of the clear sky or the deep sea
  2. Being a trail, as for skiing, marked with a sign having a blue square, indicating an intermediate level of difficulty.
  3. Indecent; risqué:
cheerless
Lacking cheer; depressing.
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  1. Lacking cheer; depressing.
  2. Devoid of cheer; gloomy
  3. Not cheerful; dismal; joyless; dreary
depressing
Causing sadness, gloom, or dejection:
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  1. Causing sadness, gloom, or dejection:
  2. Causing especially emotional depression.
  3. Causing depression or sadness.
dismal
Causing gloom or misery; depressing
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  1. Causing gloom or misery; depressing
  2. Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit:
  3. Dark and gloomy; bleak; dreary
gloomy
Showing or filled with gloom:
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  1. Showing or filled with gloom:
  2. Overspread with or enveloped in darkness or dimness
  3. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded.
joyless
Cheerless; dismal.
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  1. Cheerless; dismal.
  2. Without joy; unhappy, sad
melancholy
Causing sadness, gloom, or depression
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  1. Causing sadness, gloom, or depression
  2. Sad and depressed; gloomy
  3. Feeling, showing, or expressing depression of the spirits; sad or dejected.
deplorable
Wretched; bad:
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  1. Wretched; bad:
  2. Lamentable; woeful:
  3. Worthy of severe condemnation or reproach:
doleful
Causing grief:
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  1. Causing grief:
  2. Filled with or expressing grief; mournful.
  3. Full of or causing sorrow or sadness; mournful; melancholy
dolorous
Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.
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  1. Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.
  2. (Archaic) Painful
  3. Very sorrowful or sad; mournful
grievous
Atrocious; heinous
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  1. Atrocious; heinous
  2. Showing or characterized by grief
  3. Serious or dire; grave:
lamentable
(Now Rare) Expressing sorrow; mournful
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  1. (Now Rare) Expressing sorrow; mournful
  2. Inspiring or deserving of lament or regret; deplorable or pitiable.
  3. To be lamented; grievous; deplorable; distressing
mournful
Causing sorrow or depression; melancholy
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  1. Causing sorrow or depression; melancholy
  2. Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
  3. Of or characterized by mourning; feeling or expressing grief or sorrow
regrettable
Eliciting or deserving regret:
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  1. Eliciting or deserving regret:
  2. To be regretted; unfortunate
rueful
Inspiring pity or compassion.
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  1. Inspiring pity or compassion.
  2. Feeling or showing regret, esp. in an abashed way
  3. Causing, feeling, or expressing sorrow or regret:
sorrowful
Feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow.
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  1. Feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow.
  2. Full of sorrow; feeling, causing, or expressing sorrow
  3. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.