3
supplicating(adjective, miserable, wretched, pitiful, pathetic)
3
sympathetic(adjective, feeling, kind, moving, warm)
3
woebegone(adjective, sad, unhappy, melancholy, miserable)
2
agonizing(adjective, moving, emotional, touching)
2
bad(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrowful)
2
calamitous(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrowful)
2
catastrophic(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrowful)
2
commiserative(adjective, mean, feeling, kind, poor)
2
condolatory(adjective, feelings, pity)
2
despicable(adjective, mean, poor, low, miserable)
2
feel bad
2
heart-breaking
2
ill-fated(adjective, unfortunate, deprived)
2
lamenting(sad, melancholy, sorrowful, mournful, woebegone)
2
pitying(adjective, feeling, kind, warm, tender)
2
ruthful(adjective, mean, low, painful, wretched)
2
saddening(sad, melancholy, sorrowful, mournful, woebegone)
2
scurvy(adjective, mean, poor, low, miserable)
2
sore
2
suffering(mean, low, wretched, pitiful, disgraceful)
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