What are the opposite words for sadness?
Sadness is an emotion that can feel overwhelming and difficult to shake off. However, by focusing on its antonyms - the opposite emotions that can help counteract it - we can break free from its grip. The first antonym of sadness is happiness, which is the state of feeling joyful, content, and satisfied. When we focus on the positive aspects of our life, such as spending time with loved ones or pursuing our passions, we can cultivate a sense of happiness that can help lift our mood. Another antonym of sadness is hope, which is the feeling of optimism and expectation for positive outcomes. By maintaining a sense of hope and focusing on the potential for better times ahead, we can counteract the feelings of hopelessness and despair that often come with sadness. Lastly, calmness is another antonym of sadness.
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- prosperity
- celebration
- success
- cheerfulness
- feeling
- pleasure
- relief
- satisfaction
- sweet
- amusement
- sport
- enthusiasm
- pride
- cheer
- contentment
- animation
- blitheness
- comedy
- comfort
- diversion
- ease
- ebullience
- enjoyment
- entertainment
- exhilaration
- fancy
- fun
- gaiety
- geniality
- gleefulness
- good fortune
- jocosity
- laughter
- merrymaking
- mirth
- play
- playfulness
- self-esteem
- self-regard
- sportiveness
- triumph
- alacrity
- bliss
- delight
- ecstasy
- effervescence
- elation
- enlightenment
- exultation
- felicity
- frivolity
- frolic
- happiness
- humor
- joy
- luck
- mind
- naturalness
- peace of mind
- radiance
- rapture
- revelry
- thrill
- treat
- well-being
- liveliness; promptness
- entertaining, making someone laugh
- liveliness; activity
- unceremoniousness
- commemoration of occasion, achievement
- funny entertainment
- good feeling; ease
- comfort, happiness
- gratification
- enjoyment, happiness
- recreation
- entertainment, recreation
- festivity
- peace, quiet; lack of difficulty
- welfare
- enthusiasm, vivacity
- extreme happiness
- delight in something
- amusement, pleasure
- keen interest, excitement
- great happiness, excitement
- celebration, reveling
- impulse, urge
- celebration, revelry
- silliness, childishness
- amusement, revel
- amusement, play
- happiness, celebration
- extreme niceness
- optimism
- high spirits, satisfaction
- great happiness, pleasure
- thrill, enjoyment
- merriment/merrymaking
- inclination, tendency; belief
- great joy
- state of having positive beliefs
- mental freedom
- amusement, entertainment
- delight, happiness
- brightness, luminescence
- extreme happiness and delight in something
- sports, games, special interests
- remedy, aid; relaxation
- unhappiness, depression
- giving or enjoying a state of comfort, content
- recreational activity; entertainment
- favorable outcome
- sugary food
- sudden excitement
- pleasing entity or occurrence
- unrestraint
- good health or fortune
- energy, gusto
- Other relevant words
- prosperity
- celebration
- success
- cheerfulness
- feeling
- pleasure
-
relief
- extrication,
- mollification,
- palliation,
- palliative,
- Allayment,
- extrications,
- allayments,
- comfortings,
- load mind,
- load minds,
- load off mind,
- load off minds,
- load off one mind,
- load off one minds,
- load off one's mind,
- load off one's minds,
- load off ones mind,
- load one mind,
- load one minds,
- load one's mind,
- load one's minds,
- load ones mind,
- mollifications,
- palliatives,
- re lease,
- re leases,
- re lief,
- re mission,
- re missions,
- re spite,
- re spites,
- re-lease,
- re-leases,
- re-lief,
- re-mission,
- re-missions,
- re-spites.
- satisfaction
- sweet
- amusement
- sport
- enthusiasm
-
pride
- Self-admiration,
- Self-trust,
- self-worth,
- self-glorification,
- amourpropre,
- self admiration,
- self admirations,
- self confidence,
- self glorification,
- self glorifications,
- self love,
- self respect,
- self satisfaction,
- self sufficiency,
- self trust,
- self trusts,
- self worth,
- self worths,
- self-admirations,
- self-glorifications,
- self-trusts,
- self-worths,
- selfadmiration,
- selfconfidence,
- selfglorification,
- selfglorifications,
- selflove,
- selfrespect,
- selfsatisfaction,
- selfsufficiency,
- selftrusts,
- selfworth,
- selfworths.
- cheer
- contentment
- animation
- blitheness
-
comedy
- facetiousness,
- merry-go-round,
- sendup,
- sitcom,
- wittiness,
- Funnies,
- schtick,
- SITCOMS,
- send up,
- light entertainment,
- play on,
- wisecracking,
- chaffings,
- comic drama,
- comic dramas,
- facetiousnesses,
- gag show,
- gag shows,
- high camp,
- high camps,
- inter lude,
- inter ludes,
- inter-lude,
- inter-ludes,
- jokings,
- light entertainments,
- merry-go-rounds,
- play ons,
- schticks,
- send-up,
- send-ups,
- sendups,
- slapsticks,
- wittinesses.
- comfort
- diversion
- ease
- ebullience
- enjoyment
- entertainment
-
exhilaration
- electrification,
- galvanization,
- invigoration,
- rejoicing,
- vitalization,
- vivification,
- enlivenment,
- firings,
- vivifications,
- a rush,
- a rushes,
- electrifications,
- enlivenments,
- ex citation,
- ex citations,
- ex-citation,
- ex-citations,
- galvanizations,
- head rushes,
- invigorations,
- quickenings,
- up lift,
- up lifts,
- up-lift,
- up-lifts,
- vitalizations.
- fancy
- fun
- gaiety
- geniality
- gleefulness
-
good fortune
- luck.
- jocosity
- laughter
- merrymaking
- mirth
- play
- playfulness
- self-esteem
- self-regard
- sportiveness
- triumph
- alacrity
- bliss
- delight
- ecstasy
- effervescence
-
elation
- exaltation,
- Jollies,
- highs,
- uppers,
- stars eye,
- stars eyes,
- stars in eye,
- stars in eyes,
- stars in one eye,
- stars in one eyes,
- stars in one's eye,
- stars in one's eyes,
- stars in ones eye,
- stars in ones eyes,
- stars one eye,
- stars one eyes,
- stars one's eye,
- stars one's eyes,
- stars ones eye,
- stars ones eyes.
- enlightenment
- exultation
- felicity
- frivolity
- frolic
- happiness
- humor
- joy
- luck
- mind
- naturalness
- peace of mind
- radiance
- rapture
- revelry
- thrill
- treat
- well-being
- liveliness; promptness
- entertaining, making someone laugh
- liveliness; activity
- unceremoniousness
- commemoration of occasion, achievement
- funny entertainment
- good feeling; ease
- comfort, happiness
- gratification
- enjoyment, happiness
- recreation
- entertainment, recreation
-
festivity
- dos,
- do's,
- revelings,
- revelments.
-
peace, quiet; lack of difficulty
- ease.
- welfare
- enthusiasm, vivacity
- extreme happiness
- delight in something
- amusement, pleasure
- keen interest, excitement
- great happiness, excitement
- celebration, reveling
- impulse, urge
- celebration, revelry
- silliness, childishness
- amusement, revel
-
amusement, play
- fun.
- happiness, celebration
- extreme niceness
- optimism
- high spirits, satisfaction
-
great happiness, pleasure
- joy.
-
thrill, enjoyment
- kick.
- merriment/merrymaking
-
inclination, tendency; belief
- mind.
- great joy
- state of having positive beliefs
- mental freedom
-
amusement, entertainment
- play.
- delight, happiness
- brightness, luminescence
- extreme happiness and delight in something
- sports, games, special interests
- remedy, aid; relaxation
- unhappiness, depression
- giving or enjoying a state of comfort, content
- recreational activity; entertainment
- favorable outcome
- sugary food
- sudden excitement
- pleasing entity or occurrence
- unrestraint
- good health or fortune
-
energy, gusto
- zest.
- Other relevant words
Antonym of the day
- Antonyms:
- anterior, front, previous.