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pitiable(adjective, mean, moving, poor, low)
21
pitiful(adjective, mean, moving, poor, low)
18
pathetic(adjective, mean, moving, poor, low)
17
miserable(adjective, mean, moving, poor, low)
12
wretched(adjective, mean, moving, poor, low)
11
poor(adjective, mean, moving, low, sad)
11
mournful(adjective, sad, pain, melancholy, miserable)
9
compassionate(adjective, mean, feeling, kind, moving)
9
rueful(adjective, mean, moving, poor, low)
7
plaintive(adjective, sad, miserable, painful, wretched)
5
abject(adjective, mean, poor, low, miserable)
5
painful(adjective, moving, sad, unhappy, miserable)
4
affecting(adjective, mean, low, sad, tender)
4
cheerless(adjective, mean, low, sad, pain)
4
comfortless(mean, low, pain, wretched, pitiful)
4
heartrending(adjective, sad, melancholy, miserable, painful)
4
joyless(mean, low, pain, wretched, pitiful)
4
tearful(adjective, mean, low, sad, painful)
4
unhappy(adjective, sad, miserable, down, depressed)
3
low(adjective, mean, wretched, pitiful, disgraceful)
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