| grievous(adjective, hard, tough, severe, rough) |
| distressing(adjective, moving, tough, severe, rough) |
| hurting(adjective, tender, pain, raw) |
| wretched(adjective, unhappy, miserable, sorry) |
| dolorous(adjective, pain, unhappy, miserable) |
| sorrowful(adjective, upset, awful, miserable) |
| woeful(adjective, unhappy, unpleasant, gloomy) |
| lamentable(awful, terrible, miserable, grim) |
| mournful(awful, terrible, miserable, grim) |
| cheerless(unhappy, miserable, distressing, upsetting) |
| dismal(unhappy, awful, terrible, miserable) |
| miserable(adjective, unhappy, wretched, anguished) |
| piteous(adjective, moving, unhappy, miserable) |
| pitiful(adjective, moving, unhappy, awful) |
| affecting(moving, emotional, touching, distressing) |
| doleful(adjective, awful, miserable, grim) |
| heartbreaking(adjective, moving, unpleasant, awful) |
| pathetic(adjective, moving, awful, terrible) |
| calamitous(adjective, severe, unpleasant, awful) |
| dreary(unhappy, miserable) |