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100 Best Synonyms for “Sadful”

October 9, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. abject miserably low or hopeless
2. aching full of emotional pain
3. afflicted troubled by pain or sorrow
4. aggrieved hurt and resentfully sad
5. anguished showing severe emotional pain
6. bereft saddened by loss
7. bleak cold, empty, and sad
8. blue feeling sad or low
9. broken emotionally shattered
10. brokenhearted saddened by heartbreak
11. burdened weighed down with sadness
12. cast down feeling sad and discouraged
13. cheerless lacking cheer or comfort
14. choked-up overcome with emotion
15. comfortless without comfort or cheer
16. crestfallen sad and disappointed
17. crushed emotionally devastated
18. crying shedding tears in sadness
19. cut up deeply upset and sad
20. dejected low in spirits
21. depressed very unhappy and low
22. despondent without hope; very sad
23. dispirited lacking hope or enthusiasm
24. distressed upset and unhappy
25. doleful showing sorrow
26. down feeling unhappy
27. downcast feeling discouraged and sad
28. downhearted discouraged and sad
29. forlorn pitifully sad and lonely
30. full of sorrow very sad
31. funereal grimly mournful
32. gloomy dark in mood
33. glum quietly sad or moody
34. grey dull and depressing
35. grief-filled full of grief
36. grief-stricken overwhelmed by grief
37. grieving feeling sorrow after loss
38. harrowed deeply distressed
39. heartbroken deeply hurt and saddened
40. heartsick deeply saddened
41. heartsore hurt and sorrowful
42. heavyhearted feeling deep sadness
43. hopeless feeling no hope
44. hurt emotionally wounded
45. in the dumps feeling low and sad
46. inconsolable unable to be comforted
47. joyless without happiness
48. lamenting expressing sorrow
49. leaden heavy and dull in mood
50. listless lacking energy; low
51. lonely sad from being alone
52. lonesome feeling lonely and sad
53. long-faced looking unhappy
54. low feeling depressed or sad
55. lugubrious exaggeratedly mournful
56. melancholy sad in a thoughtful way
57. mirthless without joy or laughter
58. miserable very unhappy or distressed
59. mopey gloomily unhappy
60. morose sullenly gloomy
61. mournful expressing deep sadness
62. mourning grieving a loss
63. mournsome causing sadness or mourning
64. oppressed weighed down emotionally
65. pained emotionally hurt
66. pathetic sadly pitiful
67. pitiful deserving sympathy; sadly poor
68. plaintive sounding sad and mournful
69. poignant deeply touching and sad
70. raw emotionally exposed and hurt
71. regretful feeling sadness and regret
72. rueful sadly regretful
73. sad feeling unhappy or sorrowful
74. shattered deeply emotionally broken
75. sick at heart deeply saddened
76. somber dark and serious in mood
77. sorrowful full of sorrow
78. sorrowing feeling sorrow
79. soul-sick deeply unhappy inside
80. spiritless without energy or cheer
81. stricken deeply affected by grief
82. tearful full of tears
83. teary full of tears
84. tormented suffering great mental pain
85. tragic causing or showing great sadness
86. tristful sad and wistful
87. troubled distressed or worried
88. uncheerful not cheerful; gloomy
89. undone emotionally overwhelmed
90. unhappy not happy; feeling down
91. unsmiling serious and sad-looking
92. upset disturbed and unhappy
93. wistful gently sad with longing
94. wistless sadly vacant or listless
95. woe-struck struck by sorrow
96. woebegone looking very sad
97. woeful full of sorrow or misery
98. world-weary tired and sadly disillusioned
99. wounded emotionally hurt and sad
100. wretched very unhappy or miserable

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