filled with or evoking sadness; "the child's doleful expression"; "stared with mournful eyes"; "mournful news"
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miserable
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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mournful
expressing sorrow
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compassionate
showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"