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| heartrending(moving, sad, wretched, sympathy) | |
| distressing(mean, moving, poor, low) | |
| grievous(mean, poor, low, sad) | |
| sad(mean, low, tender, miserable) | |
| deplorable(mean, low, sad, awful) | |
| pathetic(mean, low, sad, tender) | |
| depressing | |
| tragic(bad, sad, unhappy, wretched) | |
| unfortunate(sad, unhappy, awful, terrible) | |
| dire(unpleasant, awful, terrible, miserable) | |
| harrowing(sad, awful, grim, shocking) | |
| lamentable(mean, low, sad, miserable) | |
| pitiful(mean, poor, low, sad) | |
| woeful(mean, moving, poor, low) | |
| calamitous(sad, unhappy, unpleasant, awful) | |
| affecting(verb, mean, moving, low) | |
| afflictive(unpleasant, awful, terrible, miserable) | |
| agonizing(moving, emotional, shocking, touching) | |
| atrocious | |
| bitter(moving, unpleasant, vicious, emotional) |
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