| woeful(painful, sorrowful, distressing, sorry) |
| wretched(painful, distressing, sorry, mournful) |
| affecting(painful, distressing, sorry, mournful) |
| afflicted(painful, distressing, sorry, mournful) |
| dejected(mournful, grief-stricken) |
| desolate(sorrowful, somber) |
| despondent(sorrowful, somber) |
| distressed(mournful, grief-stricken) |
| forlorn(sorrowful, somber) |
| heartrending(painful, distressing, sorry, mournful) |
| heavy-hearted(painful, distressing, sorry, mournful) |
| hurting(painful, distressing, sorry, mournful) |
| lugubrious(painful, distressing, sorry, mournful) |
| melancholy(mournful, grief-stricken) |
| miserable(mournful, grief-stricken) |
| painful(distressing, sorry, mournful, grief-stricken) |
| piteous(painful, distressing, sorry, mournful) |
| plaintive(painful, distressing, sorry, mournful) |
| regretful(mournful, grief-stricken) |
| rueful(painful, distressing, sorry, mournful) |