Synonyms|363Antonyms|72|Broader|5Narrower|0Related|143
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disheartening
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dismaying
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dispirited(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable)
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distressful
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disturbing(adjective, moving, emotional, touching)
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dolent(sad, unhappy, miserable, painful, distressing)
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dolorific
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dolorogenic
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down at heel(expression, idiom)
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downcast(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable)
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dreadful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrowful)
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eliciting compassion(expression, idiom)
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emotive(adjective, moving, tender, stirring)
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excruciating
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execrable
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forbearing(adjective, feeling, kind, warm, sympathetic)
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funereal(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable)
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gloomy(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, sorrowful)
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grief-stricken(adjective, sad, melancholy, sorrowful, mournful)
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