10
distressing(adjective, bad, awful, terrible, wretched)
10
pitiful(adjective, bad, sad, awful, terrible)
10
dismal(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
10
pathetic(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
10
pitiable(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, property)
10
poignant(adjective, sad, property, wretched, pitiful)
9
doleful(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
9
lugubrious(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
9
unhappy(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
9
upsetting(adjective, awful, terrible, dreadful, distressing)
8
deadly(adjective, bad, awful, terrible, horrible)
8
forlorn(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, miserable)
8
harrowing(adjective, bad, awful, terrible, horrible)
8
horrible(adjective, awful, terrible, afraid)
7
cataclysmic(adjective, bad, miserable, wretched, unfortunate)
7
dolorous(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
7
fatal(adjective, bad, catastrophic)
7
gloomy(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
7
horrendous(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
7
inauspicious(adjective, miserable, wretched, adverse, unfortunate)
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