| piteous(adjective, mean, low, sad, tender) |
| powerful(adjective, strong, intense, important, significant) |
| affected(melodramatic, theatrical) |
| afflictive(adjective, pain, distressing, upsetting, tragic) |
| appealing(adjective, characteristic, feelings, emotion) |
| cheerless(mean, low, pain, wretched, distressing) |
| comfortless(mean, low, pain, wretched, pitiful) |
| deplorable(mean, low, sad, pain, miserable) |
| depressing |
| distressing(adjective, mean, moving, low, sad) |
| dolorous |
| expressive(adjective, strong, moving, difficult, sad) |
| heart-piercing(adjective, characteristic, feelings, emotion) |
| heart-stirring(adjective, characteristic, feelings, emotion) |
| heart piercing(adjective, characteristic, feelings, emotion) |
| heartbreaking(adjective, mean, moving, low, touching) |
| heartrending(adjective, mean, moving, low, sad) |
| joyless(mean, low, pain, wretched, distressing) |
| painful(moving, sad, emotional, touching, distressing) |
| pathetical(adjective, characteristic, feelings, emotion) |