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affecting collapse: arousing affect; "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching"

depressing collapse: causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy outlook"; "gloomy news"

doleful collapse: filled with or evoking sadness; "the child's doleful expression"; "stared with mournful eyes"; "mournful news"

compassionate collapse: showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"; showing merciful compassion; "sparing the child's mother was a compassionate act"

tragic collapse: very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction; "a tragic face"; "a tragic plight"; "a tragic accident"; of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy; "tragic hero"

uncomfortable collapse: providing or experiencing physical discomfort; "an uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot sun"; conducive to or feeling mental discomfort; "this kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable"; "the uncomfortable truth"; "grew uncomfortable beneath his appraising eye"; "an uncomfortable way of surprising me just when I felt surest"; "the teacher's presence at the conference made the child very uncomfortable"

pathetic collapse: inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett; inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"

cheerless collapse: lacking cheer; depressing; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"

sorrowful collapse: 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

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

joyless collapse: not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings"

regrettable collapse: deserving regret; "regrettable remarks"; "it's regrettable that she didn't go to college"; "it's too bad he had no feeling himself for church"

distressing collapse: causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"

bleak collapse: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic"

painful collapse: causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"

deplorable collapse: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"; of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"

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

poignant collapse: keenly distressing to the mind or feelings; "poignant anxiety"

miserable collapse: characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"; very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"

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