| heartbreaking(adjective, moving, wretched, sympathy) |
| pitiful(adjective, mean, poor, low) |
| distressing(adjective, mean, moving, low) |
| moving(adjective, mean, low, tender) |
| deplorable(adjective, mean, low, unhappy) |
| doleful(adjective, unhappy, melancholy, wretched) |
| pathetic(adjective, mean, moving, low) |
| tragic(adjective, unhappy, wretched, sympathy) |
| piteous(adjective, melancholy, miserable, painful) |
| unfortunate(unhappy, wretched, sorrowful, distressing) |
| affecting(adjective, moving, painful, touching) |
| catastrophic(adjective, unhappy, sorrowful) |
| pitiable(adjective, mean, low, tender) |
| sorrowful(adjective, upset, mean, moving, low) |
| woeful(adjective, mean, low, terrible) |
| anguished(adjective, unhappy, sorrowful) |
| calamitous(unhappy, wretched, sorrowful, distressing) |
| disastrous(adjective, unhappy, wretched, shameful) |
| gloomy(adjective, unhappy, sorrowful) |
| lamentable(mean, low, unhappy, miserable) |