13
unfortunate(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
12
dreary(adjective, bad, sad, pain, unhappy)
12
horrible(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible, disagreeable)
12
hurtful(adjective, severe, tender, unpleasant, awful)
12
lugubrious(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
12
melancholy(adjective, sad, pain, unhappy, sorrow)
12
shocking(adjective, severe, sad, unhappy, unpleasant)
12
upsetting(adjective, severe, painful, lamentable)
11
calamitous(adjective, severe, sad, unhappy, unpleasant)
11
disastrous(adjective, sad, unhappy, awful, terrible)
11
distressful(adjective, painful, adverse)
11
flagitious(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
11
flagrant(adjective, severe, awful, terrible, horrible)
11
pitiable(adjective, mean, low, pain, awful)
11
plaintive(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
11
regrettable(adjective, wrong, happy, sad, sorrow)
11
troublesome(adjective, hard, tough, severe, rough)
10
abominable(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
10
depressing(adjective, pain)
10
sharp(adjective, severe, painful, sickness, ache)
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