What is another word for sad?
900 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ sˈad], [ sˈad], [ s_ˈa_d]
Sadness is an emotion that everyone has experienced at some point in their lives. It is a feeling of sorrow, grief, or a general sense of dissatisfaction with life. There are numerous synonyms for the word "sad" that can be used to accurately represent various levels of emotional distress. Some of these words include "miserable," "depressed," "unhappy," "low-spirited," "downcast," "blue," "melancholy," "sorrowful," and "heartbroken." Each of these synonyms carries its own weight and can be used in different contexts. Whether you're writing a letter or expressing your feelings to a friend, there are plenty of words to choose from to communicate the depth of your emotions.
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Similar words for sad:
- bad (adjective)
- black (adjective)
- crestfallen (adjective)
- crying (adjective)
- dejected (adjective)
- depressed (adjective)
- doleful (adjective)
- down in the mouth (adjective)
- downcast (adjective)
- elegiac (adjective)
- funereal (adjective)
- hopeless (adjective)
- inconsolable (adjective)
- inferior (adjective)
- lugubrious (adjective)
- pitiful (adjective)
- regretful (adjective)
- second-class (adjective)
- tearful (adjective)
- unsavory (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- bleak (adjective)
- cheerless (adjective)
- contemptible (adjective)
- demoralized (adjective)
- deplorable (adjective)
- depressing (adjective)
- despairing (adjective)
- desperate (adjective)
- despondent (adjective)
- disconsolate (adjective)
- discouraged (adjective)
- dismal (adjective)
- dispiriting (adjective)
- dolorous (adjective)
- dreary (adjective)
- frail (adjective)
- gloomy (adjective)
- grave (adjective)
- grievous (adjective)
- heartbroken (adjective)
- heartrending (adjective)
- heavy (adjective)
- hurt (adjective)
- joyless (adjective)
- lamentable (adjective)
- lamenting (adjective)
- languishing (adjective)
- low (adjective)
- low-grade (adjective)
- low-quality (adjective)
- miserable (adjective)
- moody (adjective)
- morose (adjective)
- mournful (adjective)
- murky (adjective)
- penitential (adjective)
- pessimistic (adjective)
- piteous (adjective)
- plaintive (adjective)
- poignant (adjective)
- regrettable (adjective)
- remorseful (adjective)
- ruthful (adjective)
- sad (adjective)
- sorrowful (adjective)
- sorry (adjective)
- subdued (adjective)
- tragic (adjective)
- wistful (adjective)
- bittersweet (noun)
- cabin fever (noun)
- displeased (noun)
- inferior (noun)
- sad (noun)
- seasonal affective disorder (noun)
- depressing (verb)
Synonyms for Sad:
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adj.
• bad • black • crestfallen- ass in a sling ,
- cast down ,
- chapfallen ,
- down in dumps ,
- down in the dumps ,
- singing the blues ,
- in a funk ,
- taken down .
- Mopish ,
- all torn up ,
- anxious ,
- atrabilious ,
- blue ,
- broody ,
- bummed out ,
- contemplative ,
- despondent ,
- disheartened ,
- dispirited ,
- gloomy ,
- glum ,
- grim ,
- in the pits ,
- melancholy ,
- morose ,
- overcome ,
- pensive ,
- shot down ,
- sullen ,
- woeful .
- cast-down ,
- down and out ,
- in pain ,
- in the toilet ,
- melancholic ,
- on a downer ,
- torn up ,
- in a blue funk ,
- mouth .
- beyond recall ,
- desperate ,
- irredeemable ,
- irremediable ,
- past hope ,
- unachievable ,
- unmitigable ,
- helpless .
- low-grade ,
- low-quality ,
- low-rent ,
- good-for-nothing ,
- junker ,
- middling ,
- most inferior ,
- poorer ,
- tawdry ,
- two bit .
- sad .
- comfortless ,
- hard ,
- harsh ,
- lonely .
- austere ,
- drab ,
- jarring ,
- mopey ,
- tenebrific ,
- uncomfortable ,
- wintry .
- abhorrent ,
- abject ,
- base ,
- beggarly ,
- crass ,
- degenerate ,
- detestable ,
- dirty ,
- disgusting ,
- hateful ,
- heel ,
- ignoble ,
- ignominious ,
- lowest ,
- mean ,
- odious ,
- outcast ,
- paltry ,
- scummy ,
- sordid ,
- unworthy ,
- vile ,
- worthless .
- at end of one rope ,
- at end of ones rope ,
- at end one rope ,
- at end one's rope ,
- at end ones rope ,
- at end rope ,
- cant win ,
- grief stricken ,
- in soup ,
- more no win ,
- more no-win ,
- more nowin ,
- more strabilious ,
- more sunk ,
- most no win ,
- most no-win ,
- most nowin ,
- most strabilious ,
- most sunk ,
- no win ,
- not prayer ,
- nowin .
- back the wall ,
- back to wall ,
- back wall ,
- more desponding ,
- more goner ,
- more irrecoverable ,
- more irretrievable ,
- more no chance ,
- more no way ,
- more no-chance ,
- more no-way ,
- more nochance ,
- more noway ,
- most desponding ,
- most goner ,
- most irrecoverable ,
- most irretrievable ,
- most no chance ,
- most no way ,
- most no-chance ,
- most no-way ,
- most nochance ,
- most noway ,
- no-chance ,
- nochance ,
- running out time ,
- up creek .
- bummedout ,
- more bummed out ,
- more bummed-out ,
- more bummedout ,
- more grieving ,
- more mourning ,
- most bummed out ,
- most bummed-out ,
- most bummedout ,
- most grieving ,
- most mourning .
- dis tressed ,
- dis-tressed ,
- more crushed ,
- more torn up ,
- more torn-up ,
- more tornup ,
- most crushed ,
- most torn up ,
- most torn-up ,
- most tornup ,
- tornup .
- beatdown ,
- caved in ,
- cavedin ,
- comeapart ,
- dis mayed ,
- dis-mayed ,
- gone pieces ,
- lost momentum ,
- more beat down ,
- more beat-down ,
- more beatdown ,
- more caved in ,
- more caved-in ,
- more cavedin ,
- more come apart ,
- more come-apart ,
- more comeapart ,
- more daunted ,
- more deterred ,
- more dismayed ,
- more down in mouth ,
- more down-in-mouth ,
- most beat down ,
- most beat-down ,
- most beatdown ,
- most caved in ,
- most caved-in ,
- most cavedin ,
- most come apart ,
- most come-apart ,
- most comeapart ,
- most daunted ,
- most deterred ,
- most dismayed ,
- most down in mouth ,
- most down-in-mouth .
- dis agreeable ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- in auspicious ,
- in-auspicious ,
- inauspicious ,
- over cast ,
- over-cast ,
- overcast ,
- un fortunate ,
- un-fortunate .
- heart rending ,
- more dolesome ,
- more dolorific ,
- more heart rending ,
- more heart-rending ,
- most dolesome ,
- most dolorific ,
- most heart rending ,
- most heart-rending .
- in firmer ,
- in firmest ,
- in substantial ,
- in-firmer ,
- in-firmest ,
- in-substantial ,
- more fracturable ,
- more shatterable ,
- more shattery ,
- most fracturable ,
- most shatterable ,
- most shattery ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un substantial ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest ,
- un-substantial ,
- wimpier ,
- wimpiest ,
- wishy washy ,
- wishy-washy ,
- wishywashy .
- grim faced ,
- grimfaced ,
- long faced ,
- longfaced ,
- more grim faced ,
- more grim-faced ,
- more grimfaced ,
- more long faced ,
- more long-faced ,
- more longfaced ,
- more muted ,
- more unsmiling ,
- most grim faced ,
- most grim-faced ,
- most grimfaced ,
- most long faced ,
- most long-faced ,
- most longfaced ,
- most muted ,
- most unsmiling ,
- nononsense ,
- ponderous ,
- un smiling ,
- un-smiling ,
- unsmiling .
- dis quieting ,
- dis-quieting ,
- egregious ,
- more afflicting ,
- more wounding ,
- most afflicting ,
- most wounding ,
- up setting ,
- up-setting .
- Mauled ,
- dis figured ,
- dis-figured ,
- miffed ,
- more agonized ,
- more battered ,
- more bruised ,
- more buffeted ,
- more contused ,
- more cut ,
- more disfigured ,
- more grazed ,
- more hit ,
- more lacerated ,
- more marred ,
- more mauled ,
- more nicked ,
- more piqued ,
- more scarred ,
- more scraped ,
- more scratched ,
- more shot ,
- more suffering ,
- more tortured ,
- more warped ,
- most agonized ,
- most battered ,
- most bruised ,
- most buffeted ,
- most contused ,
- most cut ,
- most disfigured ,
- most grazed ,
- most hit ,
- most lacerated ,
- most marred ,
- most mauled ,
- most nicked ,
- most piqued ,
- most scarred ,
- most scraped ,
- most scratched ,
- most shot ,
- most suffering ,
- most tortured ,
- most warped ,
- pained ,
- shooker ,
- shookest ,
- struck ,
- warped ,
- wounded .
- god awful ,
- more god awful ,
- more god-awful ,
- most god awful ,
- most god-awful ,
- un favorable ,
- un-favorable .
- Racked ,
- dis contented ,
- dis-contented ,
- more anguished ,
- more racked ,
- more tormented ,
- most anguished ,
- most discontented ,
- most racked ,
- most tormented ,
- poverty stricken ,
- povertystricken .
- ill humored ,
- ill tempered ,
- ill-humored ,
- illhumored ,
- illtempered ,
- in huff ,
- introspective ,
- more ill humored ,
- more ill-humored ,
- more illhumored ,
- more splenetic ,
- most ill humored ,
- most ill-humored ,
- most illhumored ,
- most splenetic ,
- out sorts ,
- short tempered ,
- shorttempered ,
- splenetic .
- duner ,
- dunest ,
- dusk ,
- dusker ,
- duskest ,
- mis tier ,
- mis-tier ,
- more darkened ,
- more glowering ,
- more nubilous ,
- most darkened ,
- most glowering ,
- most nubilous ,
- un clean ,
- un cleaner ,
- un cleanest ,
- un-cleaner ,
- un-cleanest .
- dis trustful ,
- dis-trustful ,
- mis anthropic ,
- mis-anthropic ,
- more fatalistic ,
- most fatalistic ,
- re signed ,
- re-signed .
- more beseeching ,
- more commiserable ,
- more entreating ,
- more imploring ,
- more supplicating ,
- most beseeching ,
- most commiserable ,
- most entreating ,
- most imploring ,
- most supplicating .
- more beefing ,
- more bellyaching ,
- more grousing ,
- more wailing ,
- most beefing ,
- most bellyaching ,
- most grousing ,
- most wailing ,
- wailing .
- guilt ridden ,
- guiltridden ,
- more attritional ,
- more chastened ,
- more guilt ridden ,
- more guilt-ridden ,
- more guiltridden ,
- more self reproachful ,
- more self-reproachful ,
- more selfreproachful ,
- most attritional ,
- most chastened ,
- most guilt ridden ,
- most guilt-ridden ,
- most guiltridden ,
- most self reproachful ,
- most self-reproachful ,
- most selfreproachful ,
- self reproachful ,
- selfreproachful .
- Dejecting ,
- Discomposing ,
- bereaved ,
- calamitous ,
- dark ,
- disastrous ,
- forlorn ,
- hapless ,
- hurting ,
- in grief ,
- in the dumps ,
- low-spirited ,
- moving ,
- oppressive ,
- out of sorts ,
- pathetic ,
- saddening ,
- serious ,
- shabby ,
- tear-jerking ,
- tearful ,
- troubled ,
- unsatisfactory ,
- wretched .
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- acoustic ,
- atonal ,
- bass ,
- bluesy ,
- classical ,
- dire ,
- discordant ,
- disquieting ,
- flat ,
- funky ,
- harmonic ,
- harmonious .
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• depressing Other synonyms:
- Broken-hearted ,
- Grieved ,
- affecting ,
- bleak ,
- choked up ,
- deflated ,
- devastated ,
- discouraging ,
- disheartening ,
- dismayed ,
- dispiriting ,
- funny ,
- grief-stricken ,
- grumpy ,
- gut-wrenching ,
- hangdog ,
- harassed ,
- heartsick ,
- homesick ,
- losing ,
- lovelorn ,
- melting ,
- relieved ,
- saturnine ,
- screwed up ,
- sepulchral ,
- shattered ,
- shattering ,
- soul-destroying ,
- unfulfilled ,
- unquiet ,
- upsetting .
- agonizing ,
- claustrophobic ,
- cut-up ,
- flattened ,
- oppressed ,
- painful ,
- pessimistic ,
- regretfully ,
- regrettable ,
- sentimental ,
- somber ,
- subdued ,
- suicidal ,
- sulky ,
- touching ,
- unfortunate ,
- woefully .
- distressed ,
- downbeat ,
- injured ,
- sadly .
- Alzheimer's Disease ,
- ague ,
- altitude sickness ,
- anorexia ,
- anthrax ,
- appendicitis ,
- beriberi ,
- blood poisoning ,
- botulism ,
- bronchitis ,
- grievous .
Other relevant words:
- apple ,
- attempt ,
- bread ,
- business ,
- case ,
- colour ,
- coward ,
- demise ,
- disappointment ,
- dog ,
- dough ,
- drunkard ,
- duty ,
- event ,
- excuse ,
- face ,
- failure ,
- flirt ,
- floppers ,
- flycatcher ,
- gecko ,
- glory ,
- hair ,
- incident ,
- iron ,
- look ,
- misfortune ,
- mistake ,
- night ,
- picture ,
- rip ,
- rogue ,
- sack ,
- song ,
- spectacle ,
- trash ,
- true ,
- truth .
- Commiserable ,
- Despisable ,
- Dolesome ,
- Dolorific ,
- Drearisome ,
- Heeler ,
- Noway ,
- Nubilous ,
- Shattery ,
- anguished ,
- at end of one's rope ,
- at end of rope ,
- attritional ,
- back to the wall ,
- bad ,
- beat down ,
- beat-down ,
- beefing ,
- bummed-out ,
- busted up ,
- can't win ,
- caved-in ,
- cold sober ,
- come apart ,
- come-apart ,
- contemptible ,
- contused ,
- currish ,
- dead duck ,
- dejected ,
- deplorable ,
- depressed ,
- depressing ,
- despairing ,
- disconsolate ,
- discouraged ,
- dismal ,
- distressing ,
- dolorous ,
- down ,
- down in the mouth ,
- down-in-mouth ,
- downhearted ,
- draggy ,
- drear ,
- dreary ,
- dun ,
- fatalistic ,
- fracturable ,
- frail ,
- full of sorrow ,
- god-awful ,
- gone to pieces ,
- goner ,
- grave ,
- griefstricken ,
- grim-faced ,
- grousing ,
- guilt-ridden ,
- have the blahs ,
- having blue devils ,
- having the blahs ,
- heart-rending ,
- heartbroken ,
- heartrending ,
- heartsore ,
- heavyhearted ,
- hurt ,
- in a bad mood ,
- in a huff ,
- in bad mood ,
- in blue funk ,
- in despair ,
- in doldrums ,
- in firm ,
- in low spirits ,
- in mourning ,
- in sorrow ,
- in the doldrums ,
- in the soup ,
- inferior ,
- irrecoverable ,
- irretrievable ,
- joyless ,
- lamentable ,
- long-faced ,
- low key ,
- low quality ,
- low-down ,
- lowdown ,
- mirthless ,
- miserable ,
- moody ,
- mournful ,
- no chance ,
- no nonsense ,
- no way ,
- no-way ,
- no-win ,
- not a prayer ,
- out of spirits ,
- perversive ,
- piteous ,
- pitiful ,
- plaintive ,
- poignant ,
- remorseful ,
- running out of time ,
- scummier ,
- scurvy ,
- self-reproachful ,
- shatterable ,
- sick at heart ,
- strabilious ,
- strictly business ,
- swinish ,
- torn-up ,
- tragic ,
- unpromising ,
- unsavory ,
- up against it ,
- up the creek ,
- weeping ,
- wimpy ,
- wistful .
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How to use "Sad" in context?
There is no single answer to what makes someone feel sad, but often it can be a combination of factors like loneliness, trouble at work, or emotional pain from a prior relationship. Whatever the cause, sadness can be a crippling emotional state that can make everything seem bleak. But, as with all things in life, there is hope. Knowing what to do when you're feeling sad and how to get through it can make all the difference. Here are five tips for coping with sadness:
1. Recognize that sadness is normal. Sadness is a response to the various things that can upset us, and it's perfectly natural.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
sorrowful.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
saddening.
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Verb, past participle
Saddened.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
agonizing, appalling, boring, desperate, despicable, difficult, dire, disastrous, discouraging, disgusting, distressed, dreadful, dubious, frustrating, grim, harsh, inconvenient, infamous, mad, nasty, poignant, sinister, sobering, stark, unsatisfactory, sob.
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Verb, base form
Triste.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
annoying, awful, bitter, bleak, deplorable, depressed, depressing, disagreeable, disappointed, disappointing, disgraceful, disheartening, dismal, distressing, disturbing, dreary, dull, embarrassing, gloomy, grievous, hapless, heartbroken, lonely, miserable, painful, regretful, regrettable, shameful, sombre, tedious, terrible, tragic, ugly, uncomfortable, unhappy, unpleasant, woeful, Grieved, Saddened.
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Adverb
sadly.
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Verb, base form
regrettable.
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Adjective
Homophones for Sad:
- scathe, seeded, sated, sadhe, shakeout, scat, statue, ski tow, sachet, saida, scott, siesta, sash weight, stet, sex act, seaweed, sod, shut, sot, stow away, said, sita, stew, sexed, see to it, Shote, sukkoth, 1st, seated, shoat, sooth, set-to, saw set, soot, suicide, sade, seacoast, schizoid, sext, shagged, satiated, squad, sooty, sedated, saudi, sat, sou'-east, Succoth, shi'ite, saxist, ski jacket, sextette, socket, sixty, sth, steady, set, scoot, stye, statewide, squid, site, soddy, shaded, sighted, seedy, seized, stay, sea-duty, scythe, scute, swede, sextet, sized, soused, sett, seaside, sestet, swad, shot, stay away, sideway, seta, skagit, sit, sacked, sheath, shoddy, studio, sate, sekhet, swath, satie, segway ht, sagittate, sect, studded, skid, shade, sheathed, sea-coast, sack out, shout out, Sayda, soda, shutout, shouted, sagacity, scet, swathe, shahadah, skew-eyed, shoed, sixtieth, sack coat, stay at, shod, shittah, sedate, sagitta, saxegothea, steatite, sou'-west, shootout, shocked, secede, sou'west, Suss Out, statute, study, sweet tooth, soothe, sou'-sou'-west, suttee, sesotho, suggested, shadowed, she-goat, shakti, skeat, sauteed, seek out, scud, sheet, seize with teeth, side, sotho, sittidae, stowe, suited, soweto, squat, skeet, sadhu, sheathe, saddhu, stow, saute, stout, six-sided, sadat, say hey kid, sixty-two, shadowy, 41st, scout, scut, shock-headed, sixth, southey, staid, 31st, skewed, sakti, Sea god, sou'-sou'-east, shut out, Sq Yd, 101st, steed, sd, stewed, sweat, shoot, seethe, suck out, shaggy-coated, shasta, sight, saw wood, set ahead, stowaway, sewed, sit out, set out, Sioux City, steadied, see eye to eye, satiate, scid, skit, shadow, suet, sweet, scd, sty, settee, sexist, shout, swot, squeeze out, saxe-gothea, shed, seed, scottie, scot, shaheed, studied, stoat, skate, sea scout, society, swat, sweetie, seat, shad, scatty, suggest, Saccade, situate, soaked, sought, sudate, stud, sea chest, shute, sweaty, statuette, suidae, sitta, suit, suite, stead, situated, sida, sawtooth, schist, state, south, stated, 21st, shady, satiety, scythia, shiite, seth, squatty, saw-toothed, scad, shut away, shuteye, suety, succeed, suede.
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