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mournful
Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
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  1. Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
  2. Of or characterized by mourning; feeling or expressing grief or sorrow
  3. Having a sound, appearance, etc. that suggests sadness
miserable
In a condition of misery; wretched, unhappy, suffering, etc.
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  1. In a condition of misery; wretched, unhappy, suffering, etc.
  2. Very uncomfortable or unhappy; wretched.
  3. Wretchedly inadequate:
miserable
In a condition of misery; wretched, unhappy, suffering, etc.
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  1. In a condition of misery; wretched, unhappy, suffering, etc.
  2. Wretchedly inadequate:
  3. Very uncomfortable or unhappy; wretched.
woebegone
Of woeful appearance; looking sorrowful, mournful, or wretched
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  1. Of woeful appearance; looking sorrowful, mournful, or wretched
  2. Feeling, showing, or expressing deep sorrow, grief, or wretchedness:
  3. Filled with or deeply affected by woe.
wretched
Of a poor or mean character; dismal:
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  1. Of a poor or mean character; dismal:
  2. Characterized by or attended with misery or woe:
  3. Deeply distressed or unhappy; miserable; unfortunate
doleful
Causing grief:
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  1. Causing grief:
  2. Filled with or expressing grief; mournful.
  3. Full of or causing sorrow or sadness; mournful; melancholy
dolorous
(Archaic) Painful
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  1. (Archaic) Painful
  2. Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.
  3. Very sorrowful or sad; mournful
lugubrious
Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
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  1. Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
  2. Very sad or mournful, esp. in a way that seems exaggerated or ridiculous
mournful
Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
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  1. Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
  2. Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy:
  3. Feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful.
plaintive
Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
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  1. Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
  2. Expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad
rueful
Feeling or showing regret, esp. in an abashed way
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  1. Feeling or showing regret, esp. in an abashed way
  2. Inspiring pity or compassion.
  3. Causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow.
sad
(Informal) Very bad; deplorable
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  1. (Informal) Very bad; deplorable
  2. Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing:
  3. Showing, expressing, or feeling sorrow or unhappiness:
sorrowful
Feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow.
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  1. Feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow.
  2. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.
  3. Of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught.
woebegone
Of woeful appearance; looking sorrowful, mournful, or wretched
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  1. Of woeful appearance; looking sorrowful, mournful, or wretched
  2. Feeling, showing, or expressing deep sorrow, grief, or wretchedness:
  3. Filled with or deeply affected by woe.
deplorable
Wretched; bad:
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  1. Wretched; bad:
  2. Worthy of severe condemnation or reproach:
  3. That can or should be deplored; regrettable, wretched, very bad, etc.
doleful
Causing grief:
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  1. Causing grief:
  2. Filled with or expressing grief; mournful.
  3. Full of or causing sorrow or sadness; mournful; melancholy
dolorous
(Archaic) Painful
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  1. (Archaic) Painful
  2. Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.
  3. Very sorrowful or sad; mournful
grievous
Causing suffering; hard to bear; severe
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  1. Causing suffering; hard to bear; severe
  2. Showing or characterized by grief
  3. Serious or dire; grave:
lamentable
(Now Rare) Expressing sorrow; mournful
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  1. (Now Rare) Expressing sorrow; mournful
  2. Inspiring or deserving of lament or regret; deplorable or pitiable.
  3. To be lamented; grievous; deplorable; distressing
mournful
Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy:
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  1. Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy:
  2. Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
  3. Of or characterized by mourning; feeling or expressing grief or sorrow
regrettable
Eliciting or deserving regret:
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  1. Eliciting or deserving regret:
  2. To be regretted; unfortunate
rueful
Feeling or showing regret, esp. in an abashed way
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  1. Feeling or showing regret, esp. in an abashed way
  2. Inspiring pity or compassion.
  3. Causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow.
sad
(Informal) Very bad; deplorable
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  1. (Informal) Very bad; deplorable
  2. Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing:
  3. Showing, expressing, or feeling sorrow or unhappiness:
sorrowful
Feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow.
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  1. Feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow.
  2. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.
  3. Of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught.
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  • He has had his reward, for assuredly the portrait of St Louis, from the early collection of anecdotes to the last hearsay sketch of the woeful end at Tunis, with the famous enseignement which is still the best summary of the theoretical duties of a Christian king in medieval times, is such as to take away all charge of vulgarity or mere commerage from Joinville, a charge to which otherwise he might perhaps have been exposed.

  • It may be that the parents simply can't stand to hear their babies' woeful cries.

  • Ideally, many of us would prefer to bring home a healthy kitten, but there's always a chance your heart will be stolen by a woeful little feline that's suffering from some sort of illness or injury.

  • woeful lack of GUM clinics, many in a state of disrepair.

  • Do the players know how many kids they left in tears because of their woeful displays?

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