4
heavyhearted(sad, unhappy, miserable)
4
hurt
4
injuring(verb, injuring)
4
misery(noun, trouble, difficulty, distress, pain)
4
saddening(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes)
4
sensitive(adjective, tender, raw, painful, burning)
4
sorry(adjective, sad, unhappy, terrible, gloomy)
4
suffering(noun, verb, adjective, trouble, worry)
4
tedious(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes)
4
troubled(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, melancholy)
4
troublesome(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes)
4
weeping(blue, sad, unhappy, miserable, dejected)
3
achy(adjective, tender, painful, burning, stinging)
3
bereaved
3
bleeding(adjective, blue, low, sad, unhappy)
3
distress(noun, trouble, worry, passion, difficulty)
3
downcast(adjective, bad, blue, low, sad)
3
grieved
3
heartbreak(noun, distress, pain, sorrow, sadness)
3
heartsick
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