| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | ache | A dull emotional pain. |
| 2. | aching heart | A feeling of emotional pain. |
| 3. | agony | Extreme pain or anguish. |
| 4. | anguish | Severe emotional suffering. |
| 5. | bad mood | An unhappy emotional state. |
| 6. | bereavement | Grief after someone’s death. |
| 7. | bitterness | Resentful sadness or disappointment. |
| 8. | black mood | A very gloomy mood. |
| 9. | bleakness | A cold, hopeless sadness. |
| 10. | blue mood | A mildly sad state. |
| 11. | blues | A mood of mild sadness. |
| 12. | brokenheartedness | Deep sorrow from loss or love. |
| 13. | bummed-out feeling | Informal feeling of sadness. |
| 14. | chagrin | Embarrassed disappointment or distress. |
| 15. | cheerlessness | Absence of cheer or joy. |
| 16. | cloudiness | A gloomy emotional state. |
| 17. | compunction | Uneasy regret or guilt. |
| 18. | contrition | Sorrow for wrongdoing. |
| 19. | crying | Shedding tears from emotion. |
| 20. | dejection | A low, discouraged feeling. |
| 21. | depression | A state of deep low mood. |
| 22. | desolation | Bleak loneliness and sorrow. |
| 23. | despair | Complete loss of hope. |
| 24. | despondence | A state of deep discouragement. |
| 25. | despondency | A state of hopeless sadness. |
| 26. | disconsolation | Inconsolable sorrow or grief. |
| 27. | discouragement | Loss of confidence or hope. |
| 28. | distress | Strong worry, pain, or sorrow. |
| 29. | dolefulness | A sad, mournful quality. |
| 30. | dolor | Deep sorrow or grief. |
| 31. | downcastness | A visibly low, sad mood. |
| 32. | downheartedness | A discouraged, unhappy state. |
| 33. | emptiness | A hollow, unhappy feeling. |
| 34. | forlornness | Lonely, abandoned unhappiness. |
| 35. | funk | A depressed or fearful mood. |
| 36. | gloom | A dark, unhappy mood. |
| 37. | gloominess | A dark, cheerless sadness. |
| 38. | glumness | A sullen, unhappy mood. |
| 39. | grayness | A dull, gloomy mood. |
| 40. | grief | Deep sorrow, especially after loss. |
| 41. | grieving | The process of feeling grief. |
| 42. | heartache | Emotional pain or sorrow. |
| 43. | heartbreak | Overwhelming grief or disappointment. |
| 44. | heartsickness | Deep emotional pain or sorrow. |
| 45. | heaviness | A burdened emotional feeling. |
| 46. | heavy heart | A burdened, sorrowful feeling. |
| 47. | heavy mood | A serious, sorrowful mood. |
| 48. | hollowness | A feeling of inner emptiness. |
| 49. | hopelessness | Sad lack of hope. |
| 50. | hurt | Emotional pain or upset. |
| 51. | joylessness | A complete lack of joy. |
| 52. | lament | An expression of sorrow. |
| 53. | lamentation | An expression of grief. |
| 54. | letdown | Disappointment after unmet expectations. |
| 55. | loneliness | Sadness from being alone. |
| 56. | lonesomeness | A lonely, unhappy feeling. |
| 57. | low mood | A depressed emotional state. |
| 58. | low spirits | A sad or depressed mood. |
| 59. | malaise | General discomfort or low spirits. |
| 60. | melancholia | Severe or persistent melancholy. |
| 61. | melancholy | A gentle, lingering sorrow. |
| 62. | misery | Great unhappiness or distress. |
| 63. | moroseness | A gloomy, ill-tempered mood. |
| 64. | mournfulness | A sad, grieving quality. |
| 65. | mourning | Grief after a death or loss. |
| 66. | nostalgia | Bittersweet sadness for the past. |
| 67. | numbness | Emotional deadness after pain. |
| 68. | pain | Emotional suffering or distress. |
| 69. | pang | A sudden emotional pain. |
| 70. | penitence | Sorrow for sins or faults. |
| 71. | plaintiveness | A mournful, sorrowful quality. |
| 72. | rawness | Fresh emotional pain. |
| 73. | regret | Sadness over something past. |
| 74. | remorse | Painful regret for wrongdoing. |
| 75. | repentance | Sorrow for past wrongdoing. |
| 76. | ruefulness | Sad regret or remorse. |
| 77. | slump | A temporary low mood. |
| 78. | solemnity | A serious, grave sadness. |
| 79. | somberness | A serious, gloomy sadness. |
| 80. | sorrow | A deep feeling of unhappiness. |
| 81. | sorrowfulness | The quality of being sorrowful. |
| 82. | stab | A sudden sharp emotional pain. |
| 83. | suffering | Physical or emotional pain. |
| 84. | sullenness | Gloomy, resentful sadness. |
| 85. | sunken mood | A low, depressed mood. |
| 86. | tearfulness | A tendency toward crying. |
| 87. | tears | Visible signs of sorrow. |
| 88. | torment | Severe mental suffering. |
| 89. | torture | Extreme mental or emotional pain. |
| 90. | twinge | A brief emotional pain. |
| 91. | unhappiness | A state of not being happy. |
| 92. | upset | Emotional disturbance or unhappiness. |
| 93. | void | An empty, unhappy feeling. |
| 94. | weariness | Tiredness with emotional heaviness. |
| 95. | weeping | Crying from sorrow. |
| 96. | wistfulness | Gentle sadness with longing. |
| 97. | woe | Great sorrow or trouble. |
| 98. | woefulness | A state of deep sorrow. |
| 99. | world-weariness | Tired sadness about life. |
| 100. | wretchedness | A state of miserable unhappiness. |
