2
tear-jerking(adjective, moving, sad, tender, painful)
2
unlucky(adjective, unfortunate, deprived)
2
upsetting(adjective, moving, emotional, touching)
1
adversity
1
afflicted(mean, low, sad, miserable, painful)
1
afflicting
1
affliction
1
all heart(expression, adjective, feeling, kind, warm)
1
appalling(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrowful)
1
awful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrowful)
1
being big(expression, adjective, feeling, kind, warm)
1
bleak
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bleeding heart(expression, adjective, feeling, kind, warm)
1
charitable(adjective, feeling, kind, warm, sympathetic)
1
commiserable(adjective, moving, sad, miserable, wretched)
1
crestfallen(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable)
1
dejected(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, mournful)
1
depressed(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, mournful)
1
discomforting
1
disconsolate(adjective, sad, unhappy, melancholy, sorrowful)
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