4
desolate(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
4
dreary(adjective, pain)
4
heart touching
4
lousy(sad, unhappy, sorrowful)
4
luckless(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
4
measly(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
4
melancholy(adjective, pain, miserable, wretched, pitiful)
4
shocking(adjective, sad, unhappy, awful, vile)
4
subpar
4
suffering(adjective, mean, poor, low, sad)
3
bad(adjective, sad, unhappy, dark, gloomy)
3
bitter
3
calamitous(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, wretched)
3
comfortless(adjective, mean, low, sad, pain)
3
disastrous(adjective, sad, unhappy, wretched, shameful)
3
disconsolate(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
3
dreadful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrowful)
3
heartbreaking(adjective, mean, low, sad, tender)
3
heartrending(adjective, mean, low, sad, tender)
3
infelicitous(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
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