| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | aching | filled with emotional pain |
| 2. | achingly sad | painfully moving and sad |
| 3. | achingly tender | painfully gentle and moving |
| 4. | acute | keenly felt |
| 5. | affecting | stirring emotions strongly |
| 6. | anguished | showing deep emotional pain |
| 7. | arresting | immediately emotionally gripping |
| 8. | bereft | saddened by loss |
| 9. | bittersweet | both happy and sad |
| 10. | bleak | coldly sad and hopeless |
| 11. | brokenhearted | overwhelmed by heartbreak |
| 12. | charged | filled with strong emotion |
| 13. | choked-up | overcome with emotion |
| 14. | clouded | made sad or troubled |
| 15. | compelling | powerfully drawing emotion |
| 16. | contemplative | deeply thoughtful and feeling |
| 17. | deeply felt | strongly and sincerely experienced |
| 18. | depressing | causing sadness or gloom |
| 19. | desolate | empty and deeply sad |
| 20. | devastating | causing overwhelming sadness |
| 21. | dirgelike | like a sad funeral song |
| 22. | distressing | causing sadness or anxiety |
| 23. | doleful | mournfully sad |
| 24. | dolorous | full of sorrow |
| 25. | earnest | serious and heartfelt |
| 26. | elegiac | sadly reflective about loss |
| 27. | eloquent | powerfully expressive without words |
| 28. | emotional | full of strong feeling |
| 29. | emotionally rich | full of feeling and meaning |
| 30. | evocative | bringing feelings or memories |
| 31. | exposed | emotionally open and unguarded |
| 32. | fragile | emotionally delicate or vulnerable |
| 33. | fraught | filled with emotional tension |
| 34. | funereal | suggesting a funeral’s sadness |
| 35. | gentle | mild and tender in feeling |
| 36. | gloomy | dark and sad in mood |
| 37. | grave | serious and sad |
| 38. | grieving | feeling deep sorrow |
| 39. | grim | harshly sad or serious |
| 40. | gripping | holding attention emotionally |
| 41. | gut-wrenching | extremely upsetting and moving |
| 42. | harrowing | deeply distressing and moving |
| 43. | haunting | lingering in the mind sadly |
| 44. | heart-rending | causing deep sorrow |
| 45. | heart-touching | deeply touching emotionally |
| 46. | heart-tugging | pulling strongly at emotions |
| 47. | heartbreaking | causing intense sorrow |
| 48. | heartfelt | sincerely and deeply felt |
| 49. | heartrending | causing deep sadness |
| 50. | impassioned | filled with strong feeling |
| 51. | keen | deeply felt or sharp |
| 52. | lamenting | expressing sorrow or grief |
| 53. | loaded | charged with emotion or meaning |
| 54. | longing | showing sad desire |
| 55. | lugubrious | excessively mournful |
| 56. | meaningful | full of emotional significance |
| 57. | meditative | quietly thoughtful and feeling |
| 58. | melancholy | gently sad and reflective |
| 59. | misty-eyed | tearfully emotional |
| 60. | mournful | expressing grief or sadness |
| 61. | moving | deeply touching emotionally |
| 62. | oppressive | heavily distressing emotionally |
| 63. | painful | causing emotional hurt |
| 64. | passionate | full of strong emotion |
| 65. | penetrating | deeply affecting or insightful |
| 66. | pensive | thoughtfully sad |
| 67. | piercing | deeply and sharply felt |
| 68. | pitiful | arousing pity or sadness |
| 69. | plaintive | sadly expressive |
| 70. | profound | deep in feeling or meaning |
| 71. | raw | openly and painfully emotional |
| 72. | reflective | thoughtful and emotionally aware |
| 73. | resonant | deeply meaningful and affecting |
| 74. | rueful | sadly regretful |
| 75. | sad | causing sorrow or pity |
| 76. | searing | intensely painful or moving |
| 77. | sentimental | strongly emotional in tone |
| 78. | shattering | emotionally crushing |
| 79. | solemn | serious and emotionally weighty |
| 80. | somber | darkly serious or sad |
| 81. | soul-stirring | deeply moving emotionally |
| 82. | stirring | exciting deep emotion |
| 83. | tear-inducing | likely to make one cry |
| 84. | tear-jerking | making people cry |
| 85. | telling | revealing and effective |
| 86. | threnodic | expressing lament or mourning |
| 87. | tinged | slightly colored by sadness |
| 88. | touching | causing tender feelings |
| 89. | tragic | sad in a deeply serious way |
| 90. | troubling | causing emotional unease |
| 91. | unsparing | not softening painful truth |
| 92. | upsetting | causing emotional distress |
| 93. | vulnerable | open to emotional hurt |
| 94. | weepy | causing or showing tears |
| 95. | weighty | serious and emotionally important |
| 96. | wistful | sadly longing for something |
| 97. | woebegone | showing deep sadness |
| 98. | woeful | very sad or sorrowful |
| 99. | wrenching | causing deep emotional pain |
| 100. | yearning | full of longing |
