Related Clues:

• Pretty pitiful
• In the dumps
• In a blue state
• Deplorably bad
• Hangdog
• Pensive, perhaps
• A crying shame
• Low-spirited
• Wistful
• On the down side
• Hapless
• With 41-Across, 1979 Robert John hit song
• Chopping down
• Blue, in a way
• Sorrowful