5
star-crossed(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
5
stirring(adjective, mean, moving, poor, low)
5
sympathetic(adjective, kind, moving, tender, feelings)
5
unlucky(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
5
unsatisfactory(adjective, poor, small, insignificant, unimportant)
4
afflicted(adjective, mean, poor, low, sad)
4
cheerless(adjective, mean, poor, low, sad)
4
commiserative(adjective, mean, poor, low, feelings)
4
condemnable(adjective, negative)
4
dire
4
disconsolate(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
4
disturbing(adjective, moving, awful, terrible, emotional)
4
dreadful(adjective, sad, unhappy, awful, terrible)
4
gloomy(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, sorrowful)
4
heart touching
4
hopeless(sad, unhappy, miserable, sorrowful, desolate)
4
ignominious(adjective, disgusting, vile, wicked, wretched)
4
insufficient(adjective, slight, poor, small, miserable)
4
joyless(adjective, mean, poor, low, shape)
4
luckless(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
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