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100 Words to Describe Sadness

July 11, 2026

100 Words to Describe Sadness

No. Item Definition
1. aching filled with emotional pain
2. adrift emotionally lost and aimless
3. afflicted troubled by pain or sorrow
4. agonized suffering intense emotional pain
5. alienated feeling separated and unhappy
6. anguished showing severe emotional pain
7. bereaved sad after a death
8. bleak coldly sad and hopeless
9. blue informally sad or low
10. brokenhearted deeply hurt by loss
11. bruised emotionally hurt
12. burdened weighed down emotionally
13. cast down made sad or discouraged
14. cheerless without cheer; gloomy
15. comfortless without comfort; sad
16. crestfallen sad after disappointment
17. crushed emotionally devastated
18. dejected sad and lacking hope
19. depressed deeply unhappy; low in mood
20. despondent very sad and hopeless
21. discouraged less hopeful and somewhat sad
22. disheartened sadly discouraged
23. dispirited lacking energy and cheer
24. distressed very upset and troubled
25. down feeling sad or low
26. downcast visibly sad and discouraged
27. downhearted feeling discouraged and sad
28. empty emotionally hollow and sad
29. forlorn pitifully sad and lonely
30. funereal grimly mournful
31. gloomy darkly sad or pessimistic
32. glum quietly sad and moody
33. grief-stricken deeply affected by grief
34. grieving feeling sorrow after loss
35. gutted deeply disappointed and sad
36. haunted troubled by painful memories
37. heartbroken overwhelmed by emotional pain
38. heartsick deeply saddened
39. heartsore hurt and sorrowful
40. heavyhearted feeling burdened with sadness
41. hollow feeling empty inside
42. hopeless without hope; despairing
43. hurt emotionally wounded or upset
44. in tears crying from sadness
45. inconsolable unable to be comforted
46. isolated sadly cut off from others
47. jilted sad after romantic rejection
48. joyless without happiness
49. lachrymose tearfully sad
50. lamenting expressing grief or sorrow
51. leaden heavy with sadness
52. let down disappointed and saddened
53. lonely sad from being alone
54. lonesome feeling sad and alone
55. lost confused, lonely, and sad
56. lovelorn sad because of love
57. low feeling emotionally down
58. lugubrious exaggeratedly mournful
59. maudlin tearfully sentimental and sad
60. melancholy thoughtfully and gently sad
61. miserable very unhappy or uncomfortable
62. mopey gloomy and self-pitying
63. moping moving sadly and listlessly
64. morose sullenly sad and withdrawn
65. mournful expressing grief or sadness
66. mourning feeling grief after loss
67. pained showing emotional hurt
68. pathetic arousing sadness or pity
69. regretful sad about something past
70. rejected sad after being refused
71. remorseful sadly guilty and sorry
72. rueful sadly regretful
73. sad feeling unhappy or sorrowful
74. saddened made sad
75. shattered emotionally broken by grief
76. sick at heart deeply unhappy
77. sobbing crying hard with sadness
78. somber seriously sad and dark
79. sorrowful full of sorrow
80. stricken deeply affected by sorrow
81. sullen silent, gloomy, and resentful
82. tearful close to crying
83. teary full of tears
84. tired emotionally worn and sad
85. tormented deeply troubled and pained
86. tristful sad; melancholy
87. troubled worried and emotionally burdened
88. unconsoled not comforted after loss
89. unhappy not happy; feeling down
90. unmoored emotionally unsettled and lost
91. upset disturbed and unhappy
92. weary tired and emotionally low
93. weepy easily moved to tears
94. wistful gently sad with longing
95. woe-struck struck by deep sorrow
96. woebegone showing great sadness
97. woeful full of sorrow or misery
98. wounded emotionally injured
99. wretched very unhappy and miserable
100. yearning sadly longing for something
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