Answer: doleful

AnswerCrossword Clue
DOLEFULCausing grief
DOLEFULDespondent
DOLEFULMelancholy
DOLEFULSad
DOLEFULQuite sad
DOLEFULWoebegone
DOLEFULLike a jeremiad.
DOLEFULPlaintive
dolefulsorrowful; gloomy
dolefulmournful (expressing grief or sorrow)