3
stricken(adjective, upset, cut, hurt, hit)
3
struck(adjective, upset, cut, hurt, hit)
3
suffering(adjective, upset, cut, mean, hurt)
3
tender(adjective, upset, cut, hurt, hit)
3
tortured(adjective, upset, cut, hurt, hit)
3
touching(mean, low, sad, pain, miserable)
3
umbrageous(adjective, upset, cut, hurt, hit)
3
unfortunate(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
3
wailful(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
3
warped(adjective, upset, cut, hurt, hit)
3
wounded(adjective, upset, cut, hurt, hit)
2
compassionate(adjective, mean, low, wretched, pitiful)
2
compunctious(sad, unhappy, sorry, apologetic)
2
embarrassed
2
penitential(adjective, sad, unhappy, apologetic, remorseful)
2
plangent
2
afflicted(sad, gloomy, miserable, painful, wretched)
2
anguished(gloomy, miserable, depressed, wretched)
2
bitter
2
bleak
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