Sad synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
Not suitable; inappropriate:
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.
Advertisement
(Idiomatic) Sad, melancholy.
(Not comparable, textiles) Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.
Difficult or distasteful to accept, admit, or bear:
Of or relating to melancholia.
Directed downward:
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.
Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness.
Advertisement
Of or expressing mourning
Afflicted with sorrow
Gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
Having slender drooping branches.
In low spirits; sad; depressed
Feeling or looking gloomy, sullen, or morose
Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness.
Advertisement
triste (French)
Afflicted with sorrow
Allowing no hope; causing despair
Lacking spirit, energy, or vigor; listless; depressed
Anxious is defined as someone who feels uneasy or excessively nervous.
Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss or repudiation of a romantic relationship.
Emotionally or mentally disturbed
Without joy; sullen, gloomy, dreary, etc.
The definition of dismal is something that is gloomy that makes you feel sad.
Showing or resulting from anguish
The definition of melancholy is someone or something that is sad or gloomy.
bathed in tears
Afflicted with sorrow
In low spirits; discouraged; dejected
Advertisement
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.
Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.
Characterized by foreboding
Showing the effects of worry, anxiety, or burdensome responsibility:
Sick at heart; extremely unhappy or despondent
Advertisement
Afflicted with sorrow
Appropriate to the acting of tragedy
In low spirits; depressed; disheartened
Melancholy or sullen.
Characterized by or resulting from despair; hopeless:
The definition of mournful is feeling or expressing sorrow, grief or depression.
That touches the feelings; arousing tender emotion; affecting
Arousing or deserving of sympathetic sadness and compassion:
Grieving over the death of a relative or friend
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.
gone into mourning
Afflicted with sorrow
Advertisement
The definition of dolorous is a person who is very sad.
Causing to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy; scare; discourage.
down at (or in) the mouth
Dull or dark in color:
Of or like the color of bile
Showing or expressing vague yearnings; longing pensively
Advertisement
Having bad luck; unlucky.
Causing especially emotional depression.
in the doldrums
Afflicted with sorrow
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
That causes discouragement
Advertisement
The definition of lachrymose is someone who cries easily or something that causes sadness.
The definition of rueful is expressing sorrow or regret.
(Idiomatic) Sad or discouraged, especially as indicated by one's facial appearance.
feeling like hell
Afflicted with sorrow
Appropriate for or suggestive of a funeral; mournful:
Causing much grief or mental anguish
Forlorn; wretched
Dismal; bleak.
in bad humor
Afflicted with sorrow
in grief
Afflicted with sorrow
That causes physical or mental pain
atrabiliar
(Obsolete) melancholy; atrabilious
Not cheerful; dismal; joyless; dreary
Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.
Able or quick to apprehend or understand
Suggestive of sorrow
poor (related)
Lacking excellence or worth; below average, inferior, bad, etc. or paltry, mean, insignificant, etc.
The definition of disconsolate is someone who cannot be comforted, or is a place or thing that offers no comforts.
Afflicted with sorrow
Inspiring or deserving pity.
Cloudy or overcast:
Lowering the morale of; making despondent or depressive; disheartening.
Suggestive of sorrow
Demanding or arousing pity:
The definition of hapless is an unlucky person.
(colloq.) bad
In low spirits
Wretched; bad:
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
A depressing or being depressed
The state or condition of being gloomy.
weltschmerz
Sentimental pessimism or melancholy over the state of the world
The definition of morose is having a gloomy attitude or character.
Having a peevish disposition; surly.
Prejudiced; envious; as, a jaundiced judgment.
out of humor
Afflicted with sorrow
in the depths
Afflicted with sorrow
making a long face
Afflicted with sorrow
Of or having to do with a changing of residence
Difficult to cope with; causing hardship or depressed spirits:
Afflicted with sorrow
(Printing, dated) With some letters or sorts of type deficient or exhausted in the case or font.
Afflicted; sick:
Unsettling; tending to discompose
The definition of dire is something so bad or scary that it causes distress or terror.
Charging low prices:
Of the class, rank, excellence, etc. next below the highest; of secondary quality
cheerful (antonym)
The definition of cheerful is a person or thing that brings joy, humor or good spirits.
Harmful or threatening harm or evil; ominous; deadly
Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.
Ranked near the beginning of an ascending series or scale:
Affected or marked by low spirits; dejected.
Dejected, disheartened, or humbled
in heavy spirits
Afflicted with sorrow
Subject to oppression.
Stricken with grief; keenly distressed; sorrowful
Arousing or deserving of pity or compassion; lamentable.
Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
common (related)
Not distinguished by superior or noteworthy characteristics; average:
great (antonym)
Superior in quality or character; noble:
glad (antonym)
The definition of glad is feeling pleased, happy, satisfied or grateful.
Afflicted with sorrow
Insufficiently leavened:
joyful (antonym)
The definition of joyful is expressing delight or happiness.
Gloomy and somber:
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.
Characterized by or causing trouble or anxiety.
Extreme, persistent sadness or hopelessness; depression. No longer in clinical use.
Sorrowful; gloomy.
Expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy.
Bereft or deprived:
repining
Afflicted with sorrow
The definition of naughty is someone or something badly behaved, wicked or not in keeping with moral and social standards.
Melancholy; dismal.
languishment
The state of languishing.
down-in-the-dumps
(Idiomatic) Sad; lacking engagement or enthusiasm.
Inspiring or deserving of lament or regret; deplorable or pitiable.
Eliciting or deserving regret:
Not bright, garish, or flashy; quiet; plain
fortunate (antonym)
The definition of fortunate is someone or something that is lucky or favorable, or someone who is materially well-off.
amusing (antonym)
That cannot be consoled; disconsolate; brokenhearted
Suggestive of the grave; funereal.
horrible (related)
grim (related)
terrible (related)
dreadful (related)
frightening (related)
strange (related)
scary (related)
funny (related)
shocking (related)
heartbreaking (related)
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
Find another word for sad. In this page you can discover 188 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for sad, like: unhappy, sorrowful, gloomy, heartbroken, gay, depressed, sorry, heavy-hearted, crushed, bitter and melancholic.
