To feel very sad and upset about something: “When he got the news he was ________.”
| NR | 23 |
| ALL BROKEN UP | 7 |
| DOWN IN THE DUMPS | 4 |
| SAD | 4 |
| BLUE | 3 |
| BROKEN UP | 3 |
| REALLY BLUE | 3 |
| UPSET | 3 |
| ALL SHOOK UP | 2 |
| HEARTBROKEN | 2 |
| HURT | 2 |
| WILTED | 2 |
| ALL BROKE UP | 1 |
| ALL DOWN IN THE DUMPS | 1 |
| ALL EXCITED | 1 |
| ALL TORN UP | 1 |
| BESIDE HIMSELF | 1 |
| BROKE UP | 1 |
| BROKEN-HEARTED | 1 |
| DISTRAUGHT | 1 |
| DISTRESSED | 1 |
| DOWN-HEARTED | 1 |
| DREADFULLY UPSET | 1 |
| DUMBFOUNDED | 1 |
| FLOORED | 1 |
| GRIEF-STRICKEN | 1 |
| GRIEVED | 1 |
| HAD A BAD CASE OF BLUES | 1 |
| HAD THE BLUES | 1 |
| JUST FOLDED UP | 1 |
| JUST WILTED | 1 |
| LET DOWN | 1 |
| MOST GRIEVED | 1 |
| OVERCOME | 1 |
| REAL BLUE | 1 |
| REALLY TORE UP | 1 |
| REALLY UPSET | 1 |
| SHOCKED | 1 |
| SURELY UPSET | 1 |
| TERRIBLY BLUE | 1 |
| TERRIBLY UPSET | 1 |
| TORN UP | 1 |
| UNHAPPY | 1 |
| VERY DEPRESSED | 1 |
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