Related Words for sob story

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heartbreaking
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Adjective
pity
/x
Noun
tough luck
//
Phrase, Noun
plight
/
Noun
anecdote
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Noun
bad news
//
Phrase, Noun
lament
x/
Noun
bemoaning
x/x
Verb
sore
/
Adjective
travesty
/xx
Noun
horror story
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
sad sack
//
Phrase, Noun
miserable
/xxx
Adjective
unfortunate
x/xx
Adjective
one of those things
////
Phrase, Noun
lost soul
//
Phrase, Noun
hurt
/
Noun
affliction
x/x
Noun
excuse
x/
Noun
pathetic fallacy
x/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
martyrdom
/xx
Noun
wretch
/
Noun
predicament
x/xx
Noun
calamity
x/xx
Noun
harrowing
/xx
Noun
wound
/
Noun
grievance
/x
Noun
ruth
/
Name
forlorn hope
x//
Phrase, Noun
bitter end
/x/
Phrase, Noun
long face
//
Phrase, Noun
broken record
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
casuistry
/xx
Noun
trouble
/x
Noun
situation
xx/x
Noun
underdog
/xx
Noun
slough of despond
//x/
Phrase, Noun
misery
/xx
Noun
desperation
xx/x
Noun
desperate
/x
Adjective
hagiography
xx/xx
Noun
misfortune
x/x
Noun
trials and tribulations
//xx/x
Phrase, Noun
proverb
/x
Noun
reduced circumstances
x//xxx
Phrase, Noun
nose out of joint
////
Phrase, Noun
depressive
x/x
Adjective
shoddy
/x
Adjective
reverse
x/
Noun
abject
/x
Adjective
long shot
//
Phrase, Noun
regret
x/
Noun
spectacle
/xx
Noun
indigent
/xx
Noun
basket case
/x/
Phrase, Noun
dump
/
Noun
problem
/x
Noun
cant
/
Noun
dejection
x/x
Noun
despairing
x/x
Noun
forlorn
x/
Adjective
bad actor
//x
Phrase, Noun
shame
/
Noun
tragic flaw
/x/
Phrase, Noun
casualty
/xxx
Noun
breakup
/x
Noun
fiasco
x/x
Noun
diatribe
/xx
Noun
irony
/xx
Noun
downcast
/x
Adjective
scandal
/x
Noun
misadventure
xx/x
Noun
bad luck
//
Phrase, Noun
corner
/x
Noun
false alarm
/x/
Phrase, Noun
orphan
/x
Noun
bale
/
Noun
pain and suffering
///xx
Phrase, Noun
complaining
x/x
Verb
debacle
x/x
Noun
damaged goods
/x/
Phrase, Noun
embarrassment
x/xx
Noun
disaster
x/x
Noun
dilemma
x/x
Noun
bind
/
Noun
dreadful
/x
Adjective
byword
/x
Noun
burden
/x
Noun
canard
x/
Noun
loser
/x
Noun
paralytic
xx/x
Adjective
absinthe
/x
Noun
opprobrium
x/xx
Noun
outrage
/x
Noun
harm
/
Noun
spot
/
Noun
gloomy
/x
Adjective
afflicting
x/x
Adjective
mess
/
Noun
hypo
/x
Noun
narrow escape
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
not a pretty sight
/x/x/
Phrase, Noun
lost cause
//
Phrase, Noun
mood
/
Noun
weakling
/x
Noun
drip
/
Noun
living death
/x/
Phrase, Noun
dystopia
//xx
Noun
sulking
/x
Verb
crime against humanity
/x/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
reproach
x/
Noun
catastrophe
x/xx
Noun
poor relation
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
about
x/
Adverb, Adjective
account
x/
Noun, Verb
adventure
x/x
Noun, Verb
affair
x/
Noun
allegory
/xxx
Noun
annals
/x
Noun
argument
/xx
Noun, Verb
aria
/xx
Noun
article
/xx
Noun, Verb
attic
/x
Noun, Adjective
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backstage
//
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
basement
/x
Noun
bawdy
/x
Adjective
bedroom
/x
Noun
bedtime
/x
Noun
biography
x/xx
Noun, Verb
blubber
/x
Noun, Verb
body
/x
Noun, Verb
book
/
Noun, Verb
built
/
Adjective, Noun
bulletin
/xx
Noun, Verb
business
/x
Noun, Adjective
caption
/x
Noun, Verb
caring
/x
Noun, Adjective
cartoon
x/
Noun, Verb
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
case history
//xx
Phrase, Noun
cellar
/x
Noun, Verb
chapter
/x
Noun, Verb
chestnut
/x
Noun, Adjective
chop
/
Noun, Verb
chronic
/x
Adjective, Noun
chronicle
/xx
Noun, Verb
clapboard
/x
Noun, Verb
climax
/x
Noun, Verb
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
coin
/
Noun, Verb
communique
x/xx
Noun
conclusion
x/x
Noun
connection
x/x
Noun
conte
/
Name
content
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
copy
/x
Noun, Verb
corny
/x
Adjective
coverage
/xx
Noun
creepy
/x
Adjective
crock
/
Noun, Verb
cry
/
Noun, Verb
culmination
xx/x
Noun
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
description
x/x
Noun
despatch
/x
Noun, Verb
dilapidated
x/xxx
Adjective
dispatch
x/
Noun, Verb
drama
/x
Noun
dream
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
end
/
Noun, Verb
epic
/x
Noun, Adjective
episode
/xx
Noun
etymology
xx/xx
Noun
event
x/
Noun, Verb
evolution
xx/x
Noun
example
x/x
Noun, Verb
exclusive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
experience
x/xx
Noun, Verb
explanation
xx/x
Noun
fable
/x
Noun, Verb
facts
/
Verb
fairy
/x
Noun, Adjective
fairy story
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
fib
/
Noun, Verb
fiction
/x
Noun
first floor
//
Phrase, Noun
floor
/
Noun, Verb
folktale
/x
Noun
fountain
/x
Noun, Verb
funny
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
fuss
/
Noun, Verb
gabled
/x
Adjective
game
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
garret
/x
Noun
gasp
/
Noun, Verb
giggle
/x
Noun, Verb
goofy
/x
Adjective, Noun
grim
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
groan
/
Noun, Verb
ground floor
//
Phrase, Noun
ground level
//x
Phrase, Noun
haiku
/x
Noun
happened
/x
Verb
heck
/
Noun, Verb
heritage
/xx
Noun
historian
x/xx
Noun
historic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
historical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
historically
x/xxx
Adverb
history
/xx
Noun, Verb
hitting
/x
Noun
idiotic
xx/x
Adjective
illustration
xx/x
Noun
incident
/xx
Noun, Adjective
info
/x
Noun
interesting
/xx
Adjective
intrigue
x/
Noun, Verb
introduction
xx/x
Noun
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
item
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
jamboree
x//
Noun
jesus
/x
Name, Verb
joke
/
Noun, Verb
legend
/x
Noun, Verb
level
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
life
/
Noun, Verb
life history
//xx
Phrase, Noun
life story
//x
Phrase, Noun
lizard
/x
Noun
loft
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
loo
/
Noun, Verb
loony
/x
Adjective, Noun
love story
//x
Phrase, Noun
maiden
/x
Noun, Adjective
mantra
/x
Noun
manuscript
/xx
Noun, Adjective
matter
/x
Noun, Verb
maudlin
/x
Noun, Adjective
max
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
medal
/x
Noun, Verb
mezzanine
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
moan
/
Noun, Verb
mourn
/
Verb, Noun
movie
/x
Noun
mystery
/xx
Noun
myth
/
Noun
narration
x/x
Noun
narrative
/xx
Noun, Adjective
narrator
/xx
Noun
nasty
/x
Adjective, Noun
naughty
/x
Adjective, Verb
news
/
Noun, Verb
newsletter
/xx
Noun
novel
/x
Noun, Adjective
nursery rhyme
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
opera
/x
Noun
overview
/xx
Noun, Verb
panorama
xx/x
Noun
paper
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
parable
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
past
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
pedigree
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
picture
/x
Noun, Verb
piece
/
Noun, Verb
plot
/
Noun, Verb
poem
/x
Noun
point
/
Noun, Verb
poop
/
Noun, Verb
portrait
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
print
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
printable
/xx
Adjective, Noun
prophecy
/xx
Noun, Verb
question
/x
Noun, Verb
rach
/
Name
ramshackle
/xx
Adjective, Verb
raunchy
/x
Adjective
read
/
Verb, Noun
reality
x/xx
Noun
recipe
/xx
Noun
recital
x/x
Noun
recitation
xx/x
Noun
recollection
xx/x
Noun
record
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
recounting
x/x
Noun
redbrick
/x
Noun, Adjective
redress
x/
Noun, Verb
refurbished
x/x
Adjective