| distressing(adjective, mean, moving, poor) |
| grievous(adjective, mean, poor, sad) |
| sad(adjective, mean, tender, miserable) |
| deplorable(adjective, mean, sad, awful) |
| pathetic(adjective, mean, sad, tender) |
| lamentable(adjective, mean, sad, miserable) |
| pitiful(adjective, mean, poor, sad) |
| woeful(adjective, mean, moving, poor) |
| affecting(verb, adjective, mean, moving) |
| dismal(mean, sad, awful, terrible) |
| piteous(adjective, mean, sad, miserable) |
| wretched(adjective, mean, sad, unhappy) |
| arousing(adjective, mean, moving, touching) |
| cheerless(adjective, mean, wretched, distressing) |
| miserable(mean, sad, unhappy, wretched) |
| mournful(mean, sad, awful, miserable) |
| pitiable(adjective, mean, sad, tender) |
| poor(mean, sad, unhappy, miserable) |
| sorrowful(mean, moving, sad, awful) |
| sorry(mean, sad, unhappy, miserable) |