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83 entries under wretched topic. ×

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touching(adjective, sad, pitiful)
3
harrowing(adjective, sad, awful, miserable, grim)
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painful(adjective, sad, awful, miserable, grim)
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poignant(adjective, sad, pitiful, pathetic)
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down-in-the-mouth(bad, sad, unhappy, miserable, depressed)
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heart-rending(adjective, sad, awful, miserable, grim)
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agonized(sad, unhappy, gloomy, depressed)
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bummed out(expression, adjective, bad, unhappy, depressed)
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calamitous(sad, unhappy, miserable, sorrowful)
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dire(dull, dark, gloomy, miserable)
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dolent(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable)
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heartbreaking(sad, unhappy, awful, grim)
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hopeless(adjective, dull, bad, obscure, low)
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poor(sad, unhappy, pitiful, sorrowful)
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ailing(gloomy, depressed)
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beseeching(melancholy, pitiful, pathetic)
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commiserable(sad, melancholy, pitiful, pathetic)
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dolorific(miserable, anguished)
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entreating(melancholy, pitiful, pathetic)
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feeble(sad, unhappy, pitiful, sorrowful)
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