| touching(adjective, moving, soft, tender) |
| lamentable(adjective, painful, pitiful, distressing) |
| miserable(adjective, pitiful, mournful, grief-stricken) |
| piteous(adjective, moving, tender, painful) |
| tearful(adjective, bad, soft, tender) |
| affecting(adjective, moving, tender, unhappy) |
| afflicted(painful, distressing, sorry, mournful) |
| heartrending(adjective, moving, tender, painful) |
| heavy-hearted(painful, distressing, sorry, mournful) |
| hurting(painful, distressing, sorry, mournful) |
| lugubrious(painful, distressing, sorry, mournful) |
| moving(adjective, tender, unhappy, gloomy) |
| plaintive(painful, distressing, sorry, mournful) |
| rueful(painful, distressing, sorry, mournful) |
| ruthful(painful, distressing, sorry, mournful) |
| sick at heart(expression, painful, distressing, sorry) |
| singing the blues(expression, painful, distressing, sorry) |
| sorrowful(adjective, upset, mournful, grief-stricken) |
| sorry(painful, distressing, mournful, grief-stricken) |
| unhappy(mournful, grief-stricken) |