Expressions of Sympathy

This cluster captures comments where users express sadness, condolences, disappointment, and sympathy in response to an unfortunate event, personal loss, or disappointing situation discussed in the thread.

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Keywords

sad sorry sorry hear unfortunate hear bad news state affairs disappointing affairs really really

Sample Comments

mrweasel Sep 18, 2024 View on HN

Ah, that is sad. I'm sorry.

king_panic Mar 11, 2020 View on HN

That is sad. I'm so sorry.

Idontagree May 28, 2017 View on HN

That's quite disheartening.

elwell Jun 19, 2021 View on HN

I'm sorry to hear that; that's so sad.

molszanski Aug 13, 2025 View on HN

This is sad. Sorry to hear that!

impish19 May 8, 2015 View on HN

That's a little sad to hear.

adithyassekhar Sep 5, 2025 View on HN

I'm sorry this is just sad.

acangiano Jan 19, 2009 View on HN

There is something very sad about this.

selestify Nov 27, 2020 View on HN

Sorry to hear that, that’s quite unfortunate.

hartator Aug 30, 2021 View on HN

My condolences. It’s so upsetting and sad.