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lovelorn, unbeloved

adj. unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love

mourning, bereaved, grief-stricken, grieving, sorrowing

adj. sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope"

alienated, estranged

adj. caused to be unloved

despised, detested, hated, scorned

adj. treated with contempt

disinherited

adj. deprived of your rightful heritage

rejected, jilted, spurned

adj. rebuffed (by a lover) without warning; "jilted at the altar"

loveless

adj. receiving no love; "a loveless childhood"

suffering, anguished, tormented

adj. experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; "an anguished conscience"; "a small tormented schoolboy"; "a tortured witness to another's humiliation"

bitter

adj. expressive of severe grief or regret; "shed bitter tears"

heartsick, brokenhearted, heartbroken

adj. full of sorrow

unhappy, saddening, doleful

adj. causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy outlook"; "gloomy news"

weeping, dolorous, lachrymose, tearful

adj. showing sorrow

elegiac

adj. expressing sorrow often for something past; "an elegiac lament for youthful ideals"

grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending

adj. causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter"

lamentable

adj. bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"

lugubrious

adj. excessively mournful

mournful, plaintive

adj. expressing sorrow

woeful, mournful, woebegone

adj. affected by or full of grief or woe; "his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone"- George du Maurier

sad

adj. of things that make you feel sad; "sad news"; "she doesn't like sad movies"; "it was a very sad story"; "When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me"- Christina Rossetti

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