adjective

feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress.

a dolorous and repetitive tale of atrocity

mournful,woeful,doleful,sorrowful,sad,unhappy,depressed,dismal,gloomy,morose,melancholy,miserable,forlorn,wretched,woebegone,despondent,dejected,disconsolate,downcast,crestfallen,downhearted,heartbroken,heavy-hearted,despairing,desolate,grief-stricken,tearful,teary,lachrymose,blue,down,down in the mouth,down in the dumps,weepy,heartsick,heartsore