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| depressing(adjective, gloomy, joyless, plaintive) | |
| dire(awful, terrible, miserable, shocking, wretched) | |
| disquieting | |
| disturbing(adjective, awful, terrible, shocking, dreadful) | |
| dolent(miserable, wretched, anguished) | |
| dreadful | |
| forlorn(adjective, pitiful) | |
| heartbreaking(adjective, moving, sad, tender, awful) | |
| impressive(adjective, moving, tender, stirring) | |
| lugubrious(miserable, wretched, anguished) | |
| melancholy(adjective, gloomy, miserable, wretched, anguished) | |
| regrettable(adjective, miserable, wretched, distressing, upsetting) | |
| rueful(adjective, miserable, wretched, anguished) | |
| shocking | |
| soul-stirring | |
| traumatic | |
| woebegone(miserable, wretched, anguished) | |
| wretched(adjective, miserable, anguished) | |
| acheronian(gloomy, joyless, plaintive) | |
| acherontic(gloomy, joyless, plaintive) |
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