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| affect1 |
to cause to feel sad or sorry; move; touch. [1/2 definitions] |
| atrabilious |
sad, gloomy, or melancholy. [1/2 definitions] |
| blue |
sad; unhappy. [1/3 definitions] |
| blues |
(used with a singular or plural verb) a style of sad-sounding music with roots in African American folk music. Jazz and rock music developed from the blues. [1/2 definitions] |
| cheer up |
to stop being sad or unhappy; become cheerful or more cheerful. [2 definitions] |
| cloud |
to make sad or otherwise difficult; trouble. [1/8 definitions] |
| console1 |
to give comfort in time of loss or suffering; make less sad. |
| country music |
a type of popular music, based on the traditional music of the rural South and the cowboy music of the West. Country music often express sad personal emotions. |
| dejected |
in low spirits; sad. |
| depress |
to cause to be sad. [1/2 definitions] |
| depressed |
sad or very low in spirits. [1/3 definitions] |
| depression |
a sad feeling that can last a long time and cannot always be explained. [1/2 definitions] |
| disappoint |
to cause someone to feel sad because of not doing or receiving something. |
| dismal |
full of gloom; sad. |
| down1 |
(informal) sad; not happy. [1/5 definitions] |
| downcast |
unhappy or sad. [1/2 definitions] |
| downhearted |
sad or depressed; dejected. |
| down in the mouth |
depressed; sad. |
| dreary |
gloomy, sad, or dull. |
| gloom |
to look, feel, or act sad, sullen, melancholy, or depressed. [2/5 definitions] |
| gloomy |
causing a sad or dreary feeling. [1/3 definitions] |
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