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100 Best Synonyms for “Sadness”

July 24, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

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.

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