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saddening
adjective as in depressing
adjective as in dispiriting
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adjective as in gloomy
adjective as in joyless
adjective as in melancholy
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adjective as in nagging
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adjective as in painful
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adjective as in plaintive
adjective as in sad
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adjective as in smarting
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“To deal with that at the worst moment of my life, like the scariest, most upsetting, saddening moment of my life,” she said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted: "The boat mishap in Mumbai is saddening. Condolences to the bereaved families. I pray that the injured recover soon."
Change Grow Live, a charity providing drug and alcohol treatment, said the "devastating loss of life" was "deeply saddening, unnecessary and unacceptable".
Min released a statement saying the recent display of anti-Asian hate was “saddening, but not surprising,” noting that it happened a few days after a Donald Trump rally in Huntington Beach on Saturday.
At that time, Mr Eastwood said it was saddening that such displays had become “normalised” and happen annually.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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