dolour

ˈdɒlə

noun

a state of great sorrow or distress.

they squatted, hunched in their habitual dolour

sadness,sorrow,unhappiness,dejection,regret,depression,misery,cheerlessness,downheartedness,despondency,despair,desolation,wretchedness,glumness,gloom,gloominess,heaviness of heart,dolefulness,melancholy,low spirits,mournfulness,woe,broken-heartedness,heartache,grief,down,disconsolateness,disconsolation,dismalness