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| wretched(painful, distressing, sorry, mournful) | |
| dejected(mournful, grief-stricken) | |
| depressed(mournful, grief-stricken) | |
| disconsolate(mournful, grief-stricken) | |
| distressed(mournful, grief-stricken) | |
| distressing(painful, sorry, mournful, grief-stricken) | |
| doleful(mournful, grief-stricken) | |
| dolent(painful, distressing, sorry, mournful) | |
| full of sorrow(expression, painful, distressing, sorry) | |
| grief-stricken | |
| grievous(painful, distressing, sorry, mournful) | |
| heartbroken(painful, distressing, sorry, mournful) | |
| in mourning(expression, painful, distressing, sorry) | |
| in pain(expression, mournful, grief-stricken) | |
| in sorrow(expression, painful, distressing, sorry) | |
| melancholy(mournful, grief-stricken) | |
| mournful | |
| painful(distressing, sorry, mournful, grief-stricken) | |
| regretful(mournful, grief-stricken) | |
| sorrowing(mournful, grief-stricken) |
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