19
feeling(noun, feeling, passion, sadness, impression)
16
poignancy(noun, passion, sadness, emotion)
14
emotion(noun, feeling, passion, sadness, impression)
8
pity(noun, impression, emotion, mood, response)
7
commiseration
7
ruth
6
affection(noun, feeling, impression, emotion, mood)
6
desolation(noun, passion, sadness, emotion)
6
heavy heart(noun, expression, idiom, heart, heartache)
6
impression(noun, feeling, emotion, mood, response)
6
sympathy(noun, feeling, impression, emotion, mood)
5
grief
5
pitifulness(noun, passion, sadness, emotion, poignance)
5
sadness
5
bathos(noun, heartache)
5
compassion(noun, impression, emotion, mood, response)
5
condolence
4
consciousness
4
heartbreak(noun, pain, misery, suffering, grief)
3
pitiableness(noun, passion, sadness, emotion, poignance)
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