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dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping

adj. showing sorrow

severe

adj. very bad in degree or extent; "a severe worldwide depression"; "the house suffered severe damage"

agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome

adj. extremely painful

contrite, remorseful, rueful, ruthful

adj. feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

weepy

adj. liable to weep easily

bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy

adj. effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"

teary, teary-eyed, watery-eyed

adj. with eyes full of tears

suffering

adj. troubled by pain or loss; "suffering refugees"

bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(a), sorrowing(a)

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

bitter

adj. proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity; "a bitter struggle"; "bitter enemies"

brokenhearted, heartbroken, heartsick

adj. full of sorrow

unhappy, saddening, doleful

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

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

woebegone, woeful

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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