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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"

miserable, suffering, 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"

forlorn

adj. marked by or showing hopelessness; "the last forlorn attempt"; "a forlorn cause"

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"

dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping

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

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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