| unhappy(adjective, sad, offensive, unpleasant, sorrow) |
| vexatious(adjective, hard, severe, sharp, rough) |
| vexing(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) |
| bleak(adjective, tough, severe, obscure, harsh) |
| blue(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer) |
| comfortless(mean, low, pain, wretched, pitiful) |
| disconcerting(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, awkward) |
| dispiriting(adjective, obscure, sad, unhappy, dark) |
| fearful(adjective, bad, terrible, wicked, dreadful) |
| frightening(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) |
| gloomy(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, awful) |
| grave |
| heart-rending(adjective, awful, terrible, miserable, shocking) |
| intense(adjective, moving, wicked, emotional, touching) |
| joyless(adjective, mean, low, sad, pain) |
| moving(adjective, mean, low, sad, miserable) |
| nerve-wracking |
| onerous(adjective, hard, severe, rough, difficult) |
| serious(adjective, tough, severe, rough, difficult) |
| touching(adjective, mean, moving, low, sad) |