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(adj) deplorable, pitiful, lamentable, sorry, sad
bad; unfortunate
my finances were in a deplorable state; a lamentable decision; her clothes were in sad shape; a sorry state of affairs
(adj) perturbing, worrisome, worrying, troubling, distressful, disturbing
causing distress or worry or anxiety
distressing (or disturbing) news; lived in heroic if something distressful isolation; a disturbing amount of crime; a revelation that was most perturbing; a new and troubling thought; in a particularly worrisome predicament; a worrying situation; a worrying time