Synonyms and related words :
affecting, afflictive, bitter, black, bleak, cheerless, comfortless, deplorable, depressant, depressive, discomforting, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dismaying, dispiriting, distressful, distressing, dolorific, dolorogenic, dolorous, down, dreary, funereal, grievous, joyless, lamentable, melancholic, melancholy, mournful, moving, oppressive, painful, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, poignant, regrettable, rueful, sad, saddening, sharp, somber, sore, sorrowful, touching, triste, uncomfortable, woebegone, woeful, wretched,