| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | blackest | most bleak or mournful |
| 2. | bleakest | most hopelessly sad |
| 3. | bluest | most sad or depressed |
| 4. | darkest | most gloomy or tragic |
| 5. | dismalest | most gloomy and depressing |
| 6. | dreariest | most dull, bleak, and sad |
| 7. | gloomiest | darkest or most cheerless |
| 8. | glummest | most sullenly sad |
| 9. | loneliest | most sadly alone |
| 10. | lonesomest | most lonely and sad |
| 11. | most abject | most miserable and hopeless |
| 12. | most agonized | suffering the greatest anguish |
| 13. | most anguished | most tormented by emotional pain |
| 14. | most bereaved | most grieving a loss |
| 15. | most bereft | most deprived and sorrowful |
| 16. | most bittersweet | most sadly mixed with sweetness |
| 17. | most bleak | most hopelessly sad |
| 18. | most blue | most sad or depressed |
| 19. | most brokenhearted | most overwhelmed by emotional loss |
| 20. | most cheerless | most lacking cheer |
| 21. | most crestfallen | most disappointed and sad |
| 22. | most crushed | most emotionally defeated |
| 23. | most crushing | most emotionally overwhelming |
| 24. | most dejected | most dispirited and unhappy |
| 25. | most demoralized | most dispirited and discouraged |
| 26. | most depressed | most low in spirits |
| 27. | most depressing | making one feel most sad |
| 28. | most desolate | feeling the deepest lonely sadness |
| 29. | most despairing | feeling the deepest despair |
| 30. | most desperate | most hopelessly distressed |
| 31. | most despondent | Most deeply hopeless and sad |
| 32. | most devastating | causing the greatest emotional ruin |
| 33. | most disconsolate | most unable to be comforted |
| 34. | most discouraging | most causing loss of hope |
| 35. | most disheartened | most discouraged and saddened |
| 36. | most dismal | most gloomy and depressing |
| 37. | most dispirited | most lacking hope and cheer |
| 38. | most dispiriting | most reducing hope or cheer |
| 39. | most distressing | causing the greatest distress |
| 40. | most doleful | most mournfully sad |
| 41. | most dolorous | most full of sorrow |
| 42. | most downcast | most visibly sad or discouraged |
| 43. | most downhearted | most sad and discouraged |
| 44. | most dreary | most dull and depressing |
| 45. | most elegiac | most mournfully reflective |
| 46. | most forlorn | most lonely, abandoned, and sad |
| 47. | most funereal | most mournful like a funeral |
| 48. | most gloomy | most dark and cheerless |
| 49. | most glum | most sullenly sad |
| 50. | most grief-stricken | most overwhelmed by grief |
| 51. | most grievous | causing the most grief |
| 52. | most gut-wrenching | most emotionally painful |
| 53. | most haunted | most troubled by painful memories |
| 54. | most heartbreaking | causing the deepest emotional pain |
| 55. | most heartbroken | suffering the deepest emotional pain |
| 56. | most heartrending | causing the most intense sadness |
| 57. | most heartsick | most deeply sad or distressed |
| 58. | most heartsore | most emotionally wounded |
| 59. | most heavyhearted | most weighed down by sadness |
| 60. | most hopeless | most without hope |
| 61. | most hurt | most emotionally wounded |
| 62. | most inconsolable | most impossible to comfort |
| 63. | most joyless | most without joy |
| 64. | most lachrymose | most tearful or sorrowful |
| 65. | most lamentable | most deserving sorrow or regret |
| 66. | most lonely | most sadly alone |
| 67. | most low-spirited | most sad and lacking energy |
| 68. | most lugubrious | most exaggeratedly mournful |
| 69. | most melancholy | having the deepest quiet sadness |
| 70. | most mirthless | most lacking laughter or joy |
| 71. | most miserable | most deeply unhappy |
| 72. | most morose | most sullen and gloomy |
| 73. | most mournful | expressing the deepest grief |
| 74. | most pained | most emotionally hurt |
| 75. | most painful | causing the greatest emotional hurt |
| 76. | most plaintive | sounding the most sorrowful |
| 77. | most poignant | most deeply moving and sad |
| 78. | most regrettable | most causing sorrow or regret |
| 79. | most rueful | most sorrowful with regret |
| 80. | most saturnine | most gloomy and serious |
| 81. | most somber | most serious, dark, and sad |
| 82. | most sombre | most serious, dark, and sad |
| 83. | most sorrowful | feeling or showing the most sorrow |
| 84. | most sorrowing | grieving the most intensely |
| 85. | most sorry | most regretful or sorrowful |
| 86. | most soul-crushing | most devastating to the spirit |
| 87. | most stricken | most deeply afflicted by grief |
| 88. | most tearful | most ready to cry |
| 89. | most tormented | most tortured by distress |
| 90. | most tragic | causing the greatest sorrow |
| 91. | most troubled | most distressed or worried |
| 92. | most unhappy | least happy or most distressed |
| 93. | most upsetting | causing the greatest emotional upset |
| 94. | most weepy | most inclined to cry |
| 95. | most woebegone | most worn down by sadness |
| 96. | most woeful | fullest of sorrow or misery |
| 97. | most wretched | most miserable and unfortunate |
| 98. | sorriest | most sorrowful or regrettable |
| 99. | unhappiest | most unhappy |
| 100. | wanest | most pale and sad-looking |

