| plaintive(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe) |
| stinging(adjective, tender, raw, painful, burning) |
| tearful(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression) |
| tormenting(tender, raw, burning, sore, stinging) |
| touching |
| troublesome(adjective, dull, tender, gloomy, miserable) |
| wailful(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression) |
| wretched(miserable, shameful, unfortunate, anguished) |
| afflicting(verb, pain) |
| aggravating |
| annoying(adjective, hard, rough, unpleasant, vicious) |
| atrocious |
| awful(adjective, tender, terrible, miserable, raw) |
| biting(tender, raw, burning, sore, stinging) |
| bleak(dull, gloomy, miserable) |
| comfortless(adjective, sad, pain, sorrow, depression) |
| desolate(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe) |
| devastating(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe) |
| disappointing(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe) |
| disheartening(dull, pain, gloomy, miserable) |