ETYM AS. biternys; biter better + -nys = -ness.
1. A sharp and bitter manner; SYN. acrimony, acerbity, jaundice.
2. The property of having a harsh unpleasant taste; SYN. bitter.

ETYM French, from chagrin shagreen, a particular kind of rough and grained leather; also a rough fishskin used for graters and files; hence (Fig.), a gnawing, corroding grief. Related to Shagreen.
Strong feelings of embarrassment; SYN. humiliation, mortification.
Disappointment, annoyance; vexation.

Lamentableness, quality of being regrettable

Quality of being regrettable; scandalousness, wretchedness

ETYM French désastre; pref. dés- (Latin dis-) + astre star, from Latin astrum; a word of astrological origin. Related to Aster, Astral, Star.
An act that has disastrous consequences.

ETYM Old Eng. destresse, distresse, Old Fren. destresse, destrece, French détresse, Old Fren. destrecier to distress, (assumed) Late Lat. districtiare, from Latin districtus, p. p. of distringere. Related to Distrain, Stress.
(Irregular plural: distresses).
1. A strong feeling of anxiety; SYN. worry, trouble.
2. Psychological suffering; SYN. hurt, suffering.
3. The seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; SYN. distraint.

ETYM Old Eng. miserie, Latin miseria, from miser wretched: cf. French misère, Old Fren. also, miserie.
1. A feeling of intense unhappiness.
2. A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; SYN. wretchedness.

Green dyed untanned leather; untanned leather bearing many small round protuberances, especially dyed green; shark-skin.

ETYM Old Eng. sorwe, sorewe, sorge, as. sorg, sorh; akin to Dutch zorg care, anxiety, os. sorga, Old High Germ. sorga, soraga, suorga, German sorge, Icel., Swed., and Dan. sorg, Goth. saúrga; of unknown origin.
1. An emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement.
2. Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; SYN. regret, ruefulness.

ETYM Latin vexatio: cf. French vexation.
1. The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation.
2. The cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction.
3. A harassing by process of law; a vexing or troubling, as by a malicious suit.

ETYM Old Eng. wo, wa, woo, AS. wâ, interj.; akin to Dutch wee, OS. and Old High Germ. wê, German weh, Icel. vei, Dan. vee, Swed. ve, Goth. wai; cf. Latin vae, Greek. Related to Wail.
Intense mournfulness; SYN. woefulness.

Misery, woefulness, poverty; contemptibleness, meanness

ETYM Latin, a forked prop, dim. of furca a fork.
A forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds.

1. The furcula of a domestic fowl; SYN. wishing bone.
2. A variation of the T formation in which the halfbacks line up farther from the line of scrimmage than the fullback does

ETYM Latin Calamitosus; cf. French calamiteux.
1. Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable.
2. Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy. SYN. Miserable; deplorable; distressful; afflictive; grievous; baleful; disastrous.

Crummy.

ETYM Cf. French déplorable.
1. Of very poor quality or condition; SYN. execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched.
2. Very bad; SYN. distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry.

Marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences; SYN. disadvantaged.

ETYM Old Eng., p. p. of forlesen to lose utterly, AS. forleósan (p. p. forloren); pref. for- + leósan (in comp.) to lose; cf. Dutch verliezen to lose, German verlieren, Swed. förlora, Dan. forloren, Goth. fraliusan to lose. Related to For-, and Lorn, Lose.
Marked by or showing hopelessness.

ETYM French misérable, Latin miserabilis, from miserari to lament, pity, from miser wretched. Related to Miser.
1. Characterized by physical misery; SYN. wretched.
2. Very unhappy; full of misery; SYN. suffering, wretched.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser; especially; marked by grasping meanness and penuriousness

1. Shabbily dressed
2. Short of funds

Poor in number or in quality; worthless; pitiful; trifling

ETYM Old Eng. pitous, Old Fren. pitos, French piteux. Related to Pity.
1. Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad.
2. Paltry; mean; pitiful.
3. Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender.
4. Arousing or deserving pity.

ETYM Cf. Old Fren. pitiable, French pitoyable.
1. Deserving pity; worthy of, or exciting, compassion.
2. Of a kind to evoke mingled pity and contempt especially because of inadequacy.

(Homonym: pore, pour).
1. Having little money or few possessions.
2. Characterized by or indicating lack of money.
3. Badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances.
4. Low in degree.
5. Unsatisfactory.

1. Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.
2. Expressing sorrow.

1. Experiencing or showing or causing sorrow or unhappiness
2. Expressive of sorrow
3. Exemplary of misfortune

Mean and unworthy and despicable

ETYM Latin sordidus, from sordere to be filthy or dirty; probably akin to Eng. swart: cf. French sordide. Related to Swart.
Meanly avaricious and mercenary.

1. Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret
2. Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful.
3. Poor; insufficient; worthless

ETYM Latin squalidus, from squalere to be foul or filthy.
1. Dirty through neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty.
2. Morally repulsive.

Affected by or full of grief or woe; SYN. woeful.

1. Full of woe; grievous
2. Involving or bringing woe
3. Lamentably bad or serious; deplorable

1. Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief.
2. Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable.
3. Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.

To utter a harsh abrupt scream; SYN. screak, skreak, skriech, skreigh, scriech, screech.

ETYM Latin lamentum. Related to Lament.
A cry of sorrow and grief; SYN. lamentation, plaint, wail.

ETYM French lamentation, Latin lamentatio.
1. The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning.
2. A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents.

ETYM Old Eng. plainte, pleynte, French plainte, from Latin plangere, planctum (plancta, fem. p. p.), to beat, beat the breast, lament. Related to Complain, Plague, Plangent.
A written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court law asking for the grievance to be redressed.

The noise of squawking

1. The act or practice of wailing; loud lamentation
2. A usually prolonged cry or sound expressing grief or pain
3. A sound suggestive of wailing
4. A querulous expression of grievance; complaint

1. A prolonged high-pitched cry usually expressive of distress or pain
2. A sound resembling such a cry
3. A complaint uttered with or as if with a whine

(Homonym: mown).
1. To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously.
2. To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate.

ETYM Cf. Icel. val choice, velja to choose, akin to Goth. waljan, German wählen.
(Homonym: wale, whale).
To cry weakly or softly; SYN. whimper, mewl, pule.

ETYM From Jeremiah, the prophet: cf. French jérémiade.
A long and mournful complaint.
Prolonged complaint; angry or cautionary harangue; lamentation.
Mournful prophecy, story or complaint.

ETYM French plaintif. Related to Plaintiff.
Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.