miserable;  wretched;  unhappy;  sad;  pitiable
 disastrous;  tragic;  miserable;  wretched;  pitiful;  woeful
 disastrous scene;  terrible spectacle
 ghastly;  gruesome;  appalling;  lurid
 cruel;  merciless;  atrocious;  pitiful;  tragic;  horrible
 great disaster;  horrible tragedy;  catastrophe;  catastrophic event;  catastrophic incident;  dire calamity
 cruel;  merciless;  pitiless;  tragic;  horrible;  terrible
 ignominious defeat;  crushing failure;  utterly beaten;  overwhelming defeat
 disaster;  tragedy;  tragic incident;  horrible accident
 miserable;  pitiful;  tragic;  painstaking
 incredibly brutal;  gory;  gruesome
 calamity;  disaster;  catastrophe
 cruel;  brutal;  ruthless;  merciless;  inhuman
 tragic death;  violent death
 heavy damage;  havoc;  ravages
 miserable;  pitiful;  tragic;  painstaking
 terrible pain;  terrible hardship;  terrible suffering
 ghastly;  gruesome;  appalling;  lurid
 cruel;  brutal;  savage;  barbarous
 brutal;  cruel;  merciless;  ruthless;  cold-blooded
 horrible;  cruel;  atrocious
 corpse of a person who has met a violent death
 cruel and heartless;  merciless;  implacable;  cold-blooded
 to present a very terrible (miserable) sight
 slump;  sudden fall of market price
 atrocity;  cruelty;  brutality
 taxing one's ingenuity in devising something;  agonizing over designing or creating something;  making strenuous efforts to devise good ways and means to do something
 wretched state;  pitiable condition
 heartbreaking story;  tragic tale
 terrible worry;  extreme anxiety
 terrible worry;  extreme anxiety