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100 Best Synonyms for “Sad”

June 13, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. abandoned left alone and sorrowful
2. afflicted troubled by suffering or sorrow
3. aggrieved upset by unfair treatment
4. anguished experiencing severe emotional pain
5. black gloomy, hopeless, or despairing
6. bleak hopeless and depressing
7. blue informally unhappy or depressed
8. brokenhearted deeply hurt by sorrow
9. brooding darkly thoughtful and unhappy
10. burdened weighed down by sorrow
11. careworn worn by worry and sorrow
12. cast down made unhappy or discouraged
13. cheerless without happiness or brightness
14. choked up too emotional to speak clearly
15. crestfallen disappointed and humiliated
16. crushed overwhelmed by emotional pain
17. dejected low in spirits
18. depressed very unhappy and low in spirits
19. desolate bleakly lonely and sorrowful
20. despondent hopeless and deeply discouraged
21. disappointed unhappy because hopes failed
22. disconsolate unable to be comforted
23. distressed greatly upset or troubled
24. doleful expressing sorrow or grief
25. down unhappy or discouraged
26. downcast feeling discouraged or dejected
27. downhearted discouraged and unhappy
28. elegiac mournfully reflective
29. fed up unhappy and annoyed
30. forlorn lonely, abandoned, and unhappy
31. funereal mournful like a funeral
32. gloom-ridden filled with gloom
33. gloomy darkly unhappy or pessimistic
34. glum quietly unhappy or disappointed
35. grief-stricken overwhelmed by grief
36. grieving feeling grief after loss
37. grievous causing great sorrow or pain
38. grim stern, bleak, and gloomy
39. harrowed deeply distressed or tormented
40. heartbreaking causing intense sorrow
41. heartbroken overwhelmed by grief or loss
42. heartrending causing deep sorrow
43. heartsick deeply distressed or despondent
44. heavyhearted burdened with sadness
45. hopeless without hope or optimism
46. hurt emotionally wounded or upset
47. inconsolable too upset to be comforted
48. joyless without joy or pleasure
49. lachrymose tearful or inclined to weep
50. lonely unhappy from being alone
51. lonesome lonely and unhappy
52. low low in spirits
53. lugubrious excessively mournful or gloomy
54. melancholic characterized by melancholy
55. melancholy quietly and thoughtfully sorrowful
56. mirthless without gladness or amusement
57. miserable extremely unhappy or uncomfortable
58. misty-eyed tearful with emotion
59. moody given to gloomy mood changes
60. morose sullenly unhappy or gloomy
61. mournful expressing grief or sorrow
62. mourning grieving a death or loss
63. nostalgic longing sadly for the past
64. oppressed weighed down emotionally
65. out of heart discouraged or dispirited
66. out of humor in a bad, unhappy mood
67. out of sorts slightly unhappy or unwell
68. overwrought extremely upset or emotional
69. pained hurt or distressed emotionally
70. pensive quietly thoughtful and melancholy
71. plaintive sounding mournful or sorrowful
72. poignant touchingly sorrowful
73. red-eyed showing signs of crying
74. regretful sorry about something past
75. resigned unhappily accepting something unavoidable
76. rueful showing regretful sorrow
77. saddening causing sorrow or unhappiness
78. shattered emotionally devastated
79. somber serious, dark, and gloomy
80. sorrowful full of sorrow
81. sorry feeling regret or sorrow
82. subdued quiet and low in mood
83. sulky silent and resentfully unhappy
84. sullen gloomily silent or resentful
85. tearful ready to cry
86. teary having tears in the eyes
87. threnodic like a song of mourning
88. tormented suffering severe mental pain
89. tragic deeply sorrowful or disastrous
90. troubled worried or emotionally disturbed
91. uncheerful not cheerful or happy
92. unhappy feeling sorrow or displeasure
93. upset unhappy, worried, or disturbed
94. watery-eyed having eyes wet with tears
95. weepy easily moved to tears
96. wistful sadly longing or reflective
97. woebegone visibly miserable or sorrowful
98. woeful full of woe or misery
99. woesome full of woe
100. wretched extremely unhappy or unfortunate
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