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100 Best Synonyms for “Downcast”

September 30, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. abashed embarrassed and self-conscious
2. agonized in severe emotional pain
3. anguished showing severe mental pain
4. ashamed feeling shame
5. beaten worn down emotionally
6. bereft saddened by loss
7. bleak cold and hopeless in mood
8. blue sad or low in spirits
9. brokenhearted deeply hurt and sad
10. brooding deeply and moodily thoughtful
11. burdened weighed down emotionally
12. careworn showing worry and sadness
13. cast down feeling sad and discouraged
14. chapfallen downcast and dejected
15. cheerless without cheer
16. crestfallen sad and disappointed
17. crushed emotionally devastated
18. dejected feeling low and discouraged
19. demoralized having lost confidence
20. depressed very unhappy and low
21. despondent without hope or cheer
22. discouraged having lost confidence or hope
23. disheartened having lost hope
24. dispirited lacking enthusiasm or hope
25. distressed upset and unhappy
26. doleful mournfully sad
27. down in the dumps very sad
28. downhearted low in spirits
29. forlorn lonely and sad
30. funereal gloomy like a funeral
31. gloomy dark in mood
32. glum quietly sad
33. grave serious and sad
34. grief-stricken overcome with grief
35. grieving feeling deep sorrow
36. grim stern and gloomy
37. hangdog ashamed and downcast
38. harrowed deeply distressed
39. heartbroken overwhelmed by sorrow
40. heartsick deeply unhappy
41. heartsore hurt and sorrowful
42. heavyhearted feeling deep sadness
43. hopeless without hope
44. humbled made less proud
45. in low spirits feeling sad
46. in the dumps feeling low and sad
47. joyless without joy
48. lachrymose tearfully sad
49. let down disappointed and saddened
50. listless lacking energy or interest
51. long-faced looking sad
52. low feeling sad
53. lowered reduced in spirits
54. lugubrious exaggeratedly mournful
55. melancholy sad in a thoughtful way
56. miserable very unhappy
57. moody gloomy or temperamental
58. mopish gloomy and listless
59. moppy gloomy and sulky
60. morose sullenly gloomy
61. mournful expressing sadness or grief
62. mourning feeling grief after loss
63. numb unable to feel much
64. out of sorts slightly unhappy or upset
65. pained emotionally hurt
66. pathetic sadly weak or miserable
67. pitiful deserving sympathy; very sad
68. plaintive sounding sad and mournful
69. regretful feeling sorrow or remorse
70. resigned accepting sadly
71. rueful sadly regretful
72. sad feeling unhappy
73. saddened made sad
74. saturnine gloomy and morose
75. shattered deeply upset and broken
76. somber dark and serious in mood
77. sorrowful full of sadness
78. spiritless lacking energy or cheer
79. stricken deeply affected by sorrow
80. subdued quiet and less cheerful
81. sulky silent and resentfully unhappy
82. sullen gloomy and withdrawn
83. tearful close to crying
84. tormented suffering great mental pain
85. tristful sad and wistful
86. troubled worried and unhappy
87. uncheerful not cheerful
88. undone emotionally overwhelmed
89. unhappy not happy
90. upset emotionally disturbed
91. weary tired and low
92. weeping crying with sadness
93. weepy easily moved to tears
94. wistful sadly longing
95. withdrawn quiet and emotionally distant
96. woe-struck hit by sorrow
97. woe-worn worn by sorrow
98. woebegone looking very unhappy
99. woeful showing deep sadness
100. wretched very unhappy
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