| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | abstracted | lost in thought |
| 2. | aching | filled with emotional pain |
| 3. | achingly nostalgic | painfully longing for the past |
| 4. | achingly tender | painfully gentle and emotional |
| 5. | bereft | saddened by loss |
| 6. | bittersweet | both pleasant and sad |
| 7. | blue | sad and low-spirited |
| 8. | brooding | deeply absorbed and somber |
| 9. | calmly sad | sad without agitation |
| 10. | contemplative | thoughtful and reflective |
| 11. | crestfallen | sadly disappointed |
| 12. | dejected | sad and discouraged |
| 13. | desolate | empty and deeply sad |
| 14. | detached | emotionally distant and thoughtful |
| 15. | doleful | expressing sorrow |
| 16. | downcast | sad and discouraged |
| 17. | dream-lost | lost in dreamy thought |
| 18. | dreamy | lost in pleasant thoughts |
| 19. | earnest | serious and heartfelt |
| 20. | elegiac | mournfully reflective |
| 21. | emotional | showing strong feeling |
| 22. | faraway | distant and dreamy |
| 23. | feelingful | full of feeling |
| 24. | forlorn | sadly lonely and abandoned |
| 25. | gentle | mild and emotionally delicate |
| 26. | gently reflective | softly thoughtful |
| 27. | gloomy | darkly sad or thoughtful |
| 28. | glum | quietly unhappy |
| 29. | grave | serious and somber |
| 30. | grieving | feeling sorrow over loss |
| 31. | haunting | lingering sadly in the mind |
| 32. | heartbroken | overwhelmed by sorrow |
| 33. | heartfelt | deeply and sincerely felt |
| 34. | heartsick | deeply unhappy or longing |
| 35. | heavyhearted | feeling deep sadness |
| 36. | homesick | longing for home |
| 37. | hopeful | showing quiet expectation |
| 38. | hushed | quiet and subdued |
| 39. | inner-looking | turned toward inner thought |
| 40. | introspective | looking inward thoughtfully |
| 41. | inward | focused on inner feelings |
| 42. | lamenting | expressing sorrow or regret |
| 43. | languishing | weak with yearning or sadness |
| 44. | long-faced | looking sadly serious |
| 45. | longing | showing strong desire |
| 46. | longingly sad | sad with desire |
| 47. | lovelorn | sad from romantic longing |
| 48. | low-key | quiet and understated |
| 49. | low-spirited | feeling subdued sadness |
| 50. | meditative | deeply thoughtful and calm |
| 51. | melancholy | gently sad and reflective |
| 52. | moody | quietly emotional and somber |
| 53. | mooning | dreamily longing |
| 54. | morose | gloomily withdrawn |
| 55. | mournful | sad in a quiet way |
| 56. | musing | quietly thoughtful |
| 57. | muted | soft and restrained |
| 58. | nostalgic | longing for the past |
| 59. | pensive | thoughtfully sad or reflective |
| 60. | pensively sad | sad in a thoughtful way |
| 61. | pineful | full of pining |
| 62. | pining | wasting with longing |
| 63. | plaintive | sadly expressive or yearning |
| 64. | poignant | deeply touching and sad |
| 65. | preoccupied | absorbed in inward thought |
| 66. | quietly reflective | calmly thoughtful |
| 67. | quietly sad | sad without intensity |
| 68. | reflective | thoughtful and inward-looking |
| 69. | regretful | feeling sadness about loss |
| 70. | reminiscent | inclined to recall the past |
| 71. | remote | distant in feeling or manner |
| 72. | restrained | controlled and subdued |
| 73. | romantic | idealizing and emotionally longing |
| 74. | rueful | sadly regretful |
| 75. | ruminative | given to deep thought |
| 76. | sad | feeling or showing sorrow |
| 77. | sentimental | tenderly emotional |
| 78. | sighing | expressing longing or sadness |
| 79. | somber | darkly serious and sad |
| 80. | sorrowful | full of sadness |
| 81. | soulful | deeply emotional and expressive |
| 82. | starry-eyed | dreamily idealistic |
| 83. | subdued | softened and quiet |
| 84. | tearful | close to crying |
| 85. | tender | gentle and emotionally soft |
| 86. | thoughtful | showing quiet reflection |
| 87. | touching | emotionally moving and tender |
| 88. | troubled | disturbed and sad |
| 89. | understated | expressed with quiet restraint |
| 90. | unhappy | not happy; sad |
| 91. | vacant | absently distant in expression |
| 92. | wishful | full of hopeful longing |
| 93. | wistfully longing | longing in a gentle way |
| 94. | wistfully sad | sad with gentle longing |
| 95. | withdrawn | quietly removed from others |
| 96. | woebegone | showing great sadness |
| 97. | woeful | showing sorrow or sadness |
| 98. | woozy-eyed | dreamy and distant-looking |
| 99. | yearning | full of deep longing |
| 100. | yearningly sad | sad with longing |
