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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"

distressful, distressing, afflictive

adj. causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"

grave, severe, dangerous, serious

adj. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

miserable, wretched

adj. very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"

desperate, forlorn

adj. "a hopeless attempt"

sorrowful

adj. experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13

significant, important

adj. important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant"

sedate, sober, staid

adj. characterized by dignity and propriety

grave, sedate, sober, solemn

adj. dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"

crucial, important

adj. of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"

extreme, deep, severe, horrible, terrible, profound, such

adj. intense or extreme in degree or quality: "intense anxiety,"; "extreme cold"; "deep trouble"; "horrible weather"; "profound regret"; "severe pain"; "such grief"; "a terrible cough"

eventful, consequential

adj. having important issues or results; "the year's only really consequential legislation"; "an eventful decision"

big, momentous

adj. of very great significance; "deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"; "a momentous event"

high, heavy, big, violent

adj. marked by intense physical force: "a big wind"; "a violent squall"; "heavy seas"; "high winds"

heavy, weighty

adj. of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture"

sharp, acute, keen, piercing, discriminating, incisive, penetrating, penetrative

adj. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"

serious, weighty

adj. of great consequence; "marriage is a serious matter"

suffering, anguished, tormented

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

mourning, bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, sorrowing

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

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"

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

aching, achy

adj. causing a dull and steady pain; "my aching head"; "her old achy joints"

agonized

adj. expressing pain or agony; "agonized screams"

torturing, agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, torturous, torturesome

adj. extremely painful

arduous

adj. difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill; "the arduous work of preparing a dictionary"

burning, smarting, stinging

adj. (painful)

raw, chafed, galled

adj. painful from having the skin abraded

tender, sore, hurting, sensitive

adj. hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"

poignant

adj. keenly distressing to the mind or feelings; "poignant anxiety"

racking, wrenching

adj. causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching pain"

saddle-sore

adj. (of a rider) sore after riding a horse

traumatic

adj. psychologically painful;"few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child";

desperate

adj. fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency"

dire

adj. fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency"

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