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130 entries under sad topic. ×
| grievous(adjective, mean, tough, severe, rough) | |
| painful(adjective, moving, tough, severe, rough) | |
| deplorable(adjective, pain, unhappy, sorrow) | |
| lamentable(adjective, pain, unhappy, sorrow) | |
| awful(adjective, bad, severe, tender) | |
| terrible(adjective, severe, difficult, tender) | |
| depressing(adjective, hard, obscure, pain) | |
| mournful(adjective, pain, unhappy, sorrow) | |
| pitiful(adjective, mean, poor, shape) | |
| sorrowful(adjective, upset, unhappy, sorrow) | |
| woeful(adjective, mean, moving, poor, low) | |
| bad(adjective, severe, poor, offensive) | |
| dolorous(adjective, unhappy, sorrow, miserable) | |
| miserable(adjective, mean, poor, low) | |
| pathetic(adjective, mean, poor, low) | |
| poignant(adjective, strong, moving, unhappy) | |
| unfortunate(adjective, unhappy, awful, terrible) | |
| wretched(adjective, mean, low, miserable) | |
| calamitous(adjective, severe, unhappy, unpleasant) | |
| doleful(adjective, miserable, wretched, sorrowful) |
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