1
sick at heart(expression, sad, painful, distressing, sorry)
1
simulative(adjective, moving, exciting)
1
singing the blues(expression, sad, painful, distressing, sorry)
1
something(touching, exciting, stirring, poignant, affecting)
1
stimulative(touching, exciting, stirring, poignant, affecting)
1
tear-jerking(adjective, moving, sad, tender, painful)
1
tearful(mean, low, sad, painful, wretched)
1
tormenting
1
torturous
1
turned on by(expression, idiom, touching, exciting, stirring)
1
unhappy(sad, sorrowful, mournful, grief-stricken)
1
unlucky
1
woebegone(sad, melancholy, sorrowful, mournful, lamenting)
1
wretched(mean, low, sad, unhappy, miserable)
0
abject(mean, great, low, intense, wretched)
0
absolute(great, intense, overwhelming)
0
acute(great, intense, overwhelming)
0
agitating(moving, emotional, touching)
0
agonized(sad, unhappy, sorrowful)
0
appalling(sad, unhappy, sorrowful)
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