86 entries under miserable topic. ×

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plaintive(adjective, sad, painful, wretched)
6
dismal(adjective, mean, poor, low, sad)
5
abject(adjective, mean, poor, low)
5
depressing(adjective, sad, pain, unhappy)
5
dreary(sad, pain, unhappy)
5
painful(adjective, moving, sad, unhappy)
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cheerless(adjective, mean, low, sad, pain)
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forlorn(adjective, poor, sad, unhappy)
4
heartbreaking(adjective, mean, low, sad)
4
heartrending(adjective, sad, melancholy, painful)
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ruined(adjective, wretched, pitiful, pathetic)
4
unhappy(adjective, sad, down, depressed)
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beseeching(adjective, wretched, pitiful, pathetic)
3
entreating(adjective, wretched, pitiful, pathetic)
3
imploring(adjective, wretched, pitiful, pathetic)
3
inadequate(adjective, mean, poor, low, sad)
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paltry(adjective, mean, poor, low, sad)
3
supplicating(adjective, wretched, pitiful, pathetic)
3
woebegone(adjective, sad, unhappy, melancholy)
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despicable(adjective, mean, poor, low)
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