afflictive+calamitous
51painful — adj 1. achy, aching, hurtful, sore, Med. algetic; throbbing, palpitating, tingling; biting, raw, piercing, sharp, bitter; burning, stinging, smarting. 2. tormenting, distressing, distressful, disquieting, disturbing, worrying, worrisome,… …
52bitter — [adj1] pungent, sharp absinthal, absinthian, acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, amaroidal, astringent, harsh, sour, tart, unsweetened, vinegary; concept 613 Ant. bland, mild, pleasant, sweet bitter [adj2] hostile, nasty acrimonious, alienated,… …
53deplorable — [adj] unfortunate, shameful afflictive, awful, blameworthy, bummer*, calamitous, dire, dirty, disastrous, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, distressing, dolorous, downer*, dreadful, execrable, faulty, godawful*, grievous, grim,… …
54dire — [adj1] urgent; crucial acute, burning, clamant, clamorous, climacteric, critical, crying, desperate, drastic, exigent, extreme, immoderate, imperative, importunate, instant, pressing; concepts 546,568,799 Ant. trivial, unimportant dire [adj2]… …
55heartbreaking — [adj] disappointing affecting, afflictive, agonizing, bitter, calamitous, cheerless, deplorable, dire, distressing, grievous, heart rending, joyless, lamentable, moving, pitiful, poignant, regrettable, sad, touching, tragic, unfortunate; concepts …
56lamentable — [adj] upsetting, miserable afflictive, awful, bad, calamitous, deplorable, dire, dirty, distressing, doleful, dolorous, god awful, grievous, grim, heartbreaking, hurting, lousy, low, lugubrious, meager, mean, melancholy, mournful, pitiful,… …
