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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"

rubbishy collapse: cheap and inferior; of no value; "rubbishy newspapers that form almost the sole reading of the majority"; "trashy merchandise"

demeaning collapse: causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game"

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"

forlorn collapse: marked by or showing hopelessness; "the last forlorn attempt"; "a forlorn cause"

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"

merciful collapse: (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious; "our merciful king"; showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god"

gutter collapse: a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater; a tool for gutting fish; a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.); misfortune resulting in lost effort or money; "his career was in the gutter"; "all that work went down the sewer"; "pensions are in the toilet"; provide with gutters; "gutter the buildings"; wear or cut gutters into; "The heavy rain guttered the soil"; flow in small streams; "Tears guttered down her face"; burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker; "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground"

disgraceful collapse: giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time"

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"

worst collapse: the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of; "it was the worst he had ever done on a test"; the greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable; "the invaders did their worst"; "so pure of heart that his worst is another man's best"; the least favorable outcome; "the worst that could happen"; (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition; "the worst player on the team"; "the worst weather of the year"; to the highest degree of inferiority or badness; "She suffered worst of all"; "schools were the worst hit by government spending cuts"; "the worst dressed person present"; defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"

scruffy collapse: shabby and untidy; "a surge of ragged scruffy children"; "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain

blameworthy collapse: deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious; "blameworthy if not criminal behavior"; "censurable misconduct"; "culpable negligence"

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