Sad synonyms
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Causing sorrow:
The definition of gloomy is dark, depressing or dim.
Suffering from or exhibiting overwhelming sorrow, grief, or disappointment.
gay (antonym)
The definition of gay is someone or something bright or happy.
Feeling or characterized by sadness or dejection.
Difficult or distasteful to accept, admit, or bear:
(Idiomatic) Sad, melancholy.
(Not comparable, textiles) Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.
Of or relating to melancholia.
Directed downward:
Of or expressing mourning
Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness.
Afflicted with sorrow
The definition of miserable is someone or something that is unhappy, suffering or in a condition of misery, or something that is bad or inferior.
Feeling or looking gloomy, sullen, or morose
In low spirits; sad; depressed
Gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
Having slender drooping branches.
Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness.
Allowing no hope; causing despair
triste (French)
Afflicted with sorrow
Lacking spirit, energy, or vigor; listless; depressed
Anxious is defined as someone who feels uneasy or excessively nervous.
The definition of dismal is something that is gloomy that makes you feel sad.
Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss or repudiation of a romantic relationship.
Emotionally or mentally disturbed
Showing or resulting from anguish
Without joy; sullen, gloomy, dreary, etc.
Characterized by foreboding
The definition of melancholy is someone or something that is sad or gloomy.
Showing the effects of worry, anxiety, or burdensome responsibility:
bathed in tears
Afflicted with sorrow
The definition of moody is someone who experiences wild shifts in emotions, often from happy to sad or nice to mean quickly or without reason.
In low spirits; discouraged; dejected
Sick at heart; extremely unhappy or despondent
Afflicted with sorrow
Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.
Appropriate to the acting of tragedy
In low spirits; depressed; disheartened
happy (antonym)
Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.
Arousing or deserving of sympathetic sadness and compassion:
The definition of mournful is feeling or expressing sorrow, grief or depression.
The definition of dolorous is a person who is very sad.
That touches the feelings; arousing tender emotion; affecting
gone into mourning
Afflicted with sorrow
Grieving over the death of a relative or friend
Characterized by or resulting from despair; hopeless:
Causing to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy; scare; discourage.
Of or like the color of bile
Melancholy or sullen.
The definition of lachrymose is someone who cries easily or something that causes sadness.
Causing especially emotional depression.
The definition of bad is something that is wrong in some way, something that is not working properly, or has negative qualities.
mesto (Italian)
Afflicted with sorrow
Afflicted with sorrow
in the doldrums
Afflicted with sorrow
That causes discouragement
Inspiring or deserving pity.
down at (or in) the mouth
The definition of rueful is expressing sorrow or regret.
feeling like hell
Afflicted with sorrow
Dismal; bleak.
Unsettling; tending to discompose
The definition of dire is something so bad or scary that it causes distress or terror.
Of the class, rank, excellence, etc. next below the highest; of secondary quality
Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.
Of or having to do with a changing of residence
common (related)
Not distinguished by superior or noteworthy characteristics; average:
Dejected, disheartened, or humbled
Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.
in heavy spirits
Afflicted with sorrow
Subject to oppression.
Stricken with grief; keenly distressed; sorrowful
Able or quick to apprehend or understand
(Idiomatic) Sad or discouraged, especially as indicated by one's facial appearance.
Arousing or deserving of pity or compassion; lamentable.
Suggestive of sorrow
Afflicted with sorrow
Insufficiently leavened:
Prejudiced; envious; as, a jaundiced judgment.
(Printing, dated) With some letters or sorts of type deficient or exhausted in the case or font.
repining
Afflicted with sorrow
down-in-the-dumps
(Idiomatic) Sad; lacking engagement or enthusiasm.
in bad humor
Afflicted with sorrow
in the depths
Afflicted with sorrow
Lowering the morale of; making despondent or depressive; disheartening.
Suggestive of sorrow
Dull or dark in color:
Appropriate for or suggestive of a funeral; mournful:
Demanding or arousing pity:
The definition of hapless is an unlucky person.
Causing much grief or mental anguish
(colloq.) bad
In low spirits
atrabiliar
(Obsolete) melancholy; atrabilious
Harmful or threatening harm or evil; ominous; deadly
Gloomy and somber:
Not cheerful; dismal; joyless; dreary
Wretched; bad:
Having a peevish disposition; surly.
Afflicted with sorrow
Afflicted; sick:
out of humor
Afflicted with sorrow
making a long face
Afflicted with sorrow
Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
Difficult to cope with; causing hardship or depressed spirits:
Having bad luck; unlucky.
Charging low prices:
cheerful (antonym)
The definition of cheerful is a person or thing that brings joy, humor or good spirits.
poor (related)
Lacking excellence or worth; below average, inferior, bad, etc. or paltry, mean, insignificant, etc.
That causes physical or mental pain
The definition of disconsolate is someone who cannot be comforted, or is a place or thing that offers no comforts.
Showing or expressing vague yearnings; longing pensively
Forlorn; wretched
The definition of morose is having a gloomy attitude or character.
Afflicted with sorrow
Affected or marked by low spirits; dejected.
Characterized by or causing trouble or anxiety.
Bereft or deprived:
Ranked near the beginning of an ascending series or scale:
A depressing or being depressed
in grief
Afflicted with sorrow
Cloudy or overcast:
dolorific
Of or relating to pain.
Of, like, or fit for an elegy
In low spirits
The definition of mischievous is someone or something that causes harm or likes to play and annoy with tricks.
Melancholy; dismal.
Not glaring in color; soft and light in tone.
(Law, of an action) Commenced for the purpose of giving trouble, without due cause.
(Med.) Defecation
The state or condition of being gloomy.
languishment
The state of languishing.
Extreme, persistent sadness or hopelessness; depression. No longer in clinical use.
Sorrowful; gloomy.
Expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy.
Inspiring or deserving of lament or regret; deplorable or pitiable.
Eliciting or deserving regret:
The definition of naughty is someone or something badly behaved, wicked or not in keeping with moral and social standards.
weltschmerz
Sentimental pessimism or melancholy over the state of the world
amusing (antonym)
fortunate (antonym)
The definition of fortunate is someone or something that is lucky or favorable, or someone who is materially well-off.
glad (antonym)
The definition of glad is feeling pleased, happy, satisfied or grateful.
great (antonym)
Superior in quality or character; noble:
joyful (antonym)
The definition of joyful is expressing delight or happiness.
That cannot be consoled; disconsolate; brokenhearted
Suggestive of the grave; funereal.
Not bright, garish, or flashy; quiet; plain
Synonym Study
- Doleful implies a mournful, often lugubrious, sadness the doleful look on a lost child's face
- Depressed suggests a mood of brooding despondency, as because of fatigue or a sense of futility the novel left him feeling depressed
- Dejected implies discouragement or a sinking of spirits, as because of frustration
- Melancholy suggests a more or less chronic mournfulness or gloominess, or, often, merely a wistful pensiveness melancholy thoughts about the future
- Sorrowful implies a sadness caused by some specific loss, disappointment, etc. her death left him sorrowful
- Sad is the simple, general term, ranging in implication from a mild, momentary unhappiness to a feeling of intense grief
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