Other words for Sad or depressed
The sad definition is – affected with or expressive of grief or unhappiness affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away. expressive of or characterized by sorrow: sad looks; a sad song. causing sorrow: a sad disappointment; sad news. Download a PDF of other words for sad or depressed here. For more synonyms Visit here.
Other words for sad
- Wretched
- Woeful
- Woebegone
- Wistful
- Weighty
- Weepy
- Upsetting
- Upset
- Unhappy
- Unfortunate
- Unbearable
- Troubled
- traumatic
- Tragic
- Tough
- Tearful
- Taxing
- Sorry
- Sorrowful
- Sore
- Somber
- Sluggish
- shameful
- Shabby
- Severe
- Serious
- Sensitive
- Rough
- Regrettable
- regretful
- Profound
- Poor
- Ponderous
- Poignant
- Plaintive
- Pitiful
- Pitiable
- Pessimistic
- Pathetic
- Painful
- out of sorts
- Oppressive
- Nasty
- Moving
- Mournful
- Morose
- Morbid
- Moody
- Miserable
- melancholic
- Lugubrious
- Low-spirited
- Low
- Leaden
- Lamentable
- Lachrymose
- Joyless
- Inconsolable
- Heavy
- Heartsick
Heartrending
- heartbroken
- Heartbreaking
- Hateful
- harrowing
- Grim
- Grievous
- Grieved
- grief-stricken
- Grave
- Glum
- Gloomy
- Funereal
- Frustrated
- Forlorn
- Dreary
- Downhearted
- Downcast
- down in the mouth
- down in the dumps
- Down
- Dolorous
- Doleful
- Disturbing
- Distressing
- Distressed
- Dispiriting
- Dispirited
- Dismal
- Disheartening
- Disheartened
- Disgusted
- disgraceful
- Discouraged
- Disconsolate
- Disastrous
- Dire
- Difficult
- Despondent
- Desperate
- despairing
- Desolate
- Depressing
- Depressed
- Deplorable
- Dejected
- Dark
- Cruel
- Crestfallen
- Cheerless
- broken-hearted
- Blue
- Bleak
- Bitter
- Bad
- awful
- Appalling
- agonizing
- Aggrieved
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Sentences List 1 Other word for sad
- Wretched
The slums were filled with poor, wretched children.
- Woeful
The puppy had woeful eyes.
- Woebegone
He stood before me the most woebegone, heartbroken man I ever saw.
- Wistful
He had a wistful look on his face.
- Weighty
Their influence in these respects was weighty and important.
- Weepy
She started getting weepy when she talked about her mother.
- Upsetting
If something is upsetting you, consider sharing it.
- Upset
The kid was already too upset about something.
- Unhappy
He is becoming unhappy with his boss.
- Unfortunate
There wasn’t any evidence to suggest other than an unfortunate accident.
- Unbearable
Facing him again was an unbearable thought.
- Troubled
You just seem to be troubled, lately.
- Traumatic
You’ve been through a traumatic experience.
- Tragic
What a sad and tragic life poor Annie led.
- Tough
What a sad and tragic life poor Annie led.
- Tearful
Prince Vasili pronounced these last words in a tearful voice.
- Taxing
The job turned out to be more taxing than I’d expected.
- Sorry
She was sorry to hear about their divorce.
- Sorrowful
Some, with sorrowful hearts, fled beyond the seas.
- Sore
She rubbed a sore spot in her lower back.
- Somber
His somber gaze met hers and then drifted to her lips.
- Sluggish
Social life was sluggish in some ways and wild in others.
- Shameful
This shameful discomfiture quickened all the suspicion and jealousy fermenting in France.
- Shabby
The furniture was old and shabby. He wore a shabby coat.
- Severe
A small, older woman in severe grey opened the door.
- Serious
This is serious stuff. Don’t joke
- Sensitive
She’s so sensitive that she always cries at a sad movie.
Sentences List 2 Other word for sad
- Rough
I don’t like it when you’re rough like that.
- Regrettable
Your view of life is a regrettable delusion.
- Regretful
There was a regretful accent in the creature’s voice, and at the words all the other dragonettes sighed dismally.
- Profound
He was profound in a way that surprises me.
- Poor
The poor kid is feeling deserted.
- Ponderous
I am sorry if that phrase sounds a little ponderous.
- Poignant
The moment was too poignant to be amusing.
- Plaintive
The plaintive moan of reproach was drowned by the threatening and angry roar of the crowd.
- Pitiful
It was pitiful to see them, boys, put in the dancer.
- Pitiable
Still more pitiable was the condition of the court.
- Pessimistic
The film gives a very pessimistic view of human nature.
- Pathetic
She struck Archer, of a sudden, as a pathetic and even pitiful figure.
- Painful
It’ll be a slow, painful death.
- out of sorts
He was too out of sorts to feel the Watcher’s arrival.
- Oppressive
It is hard to believe that oppressive heat is felt in the valley just beneath him.
- Nasty
She has a nasty habit of biting her fingernails.
- Moving
It took some getting used to moving around.
- Mournful
At the mournful note in her voice, he hugged her tightly.
- Morose
I don’t mean to sound morose,” he said with a smile.
- Morbid
His early studies were directed chiefly to morbid anatomy.
- Moody
Adjective I don’t know why I get so moody sometimes.
- Miserable
My boss is making my life thoroughly miserable with her constant demands and criticism.
- Melancholic
He seemed burdened with melancholic thoughts and dark visions as he wrestled with his pursuing demons.
Important Sentences List 3 Other word for sad
- Lugubrious
This lugubrious work of art was set up in white marble after his death in St Paul’s cathedral, where it may still be seen.
- Low-spirited
Vincent agreed, too low–spirited to put up any resistance.
- Low
His voice was low and husky
- Leaden
The weather was at its worst; bitterly cold, with leaden skies that gave minimum visibility.
- Lamentable
The institution had fallen into a state of lamentable inefficiency.
- Lachrymose
After Diana’s husband died, she became a lachrymose woman who could not stop crying.
- Joyless
Jane is trapped in a joyless marriage.
- Inconsolable
He’ll be inconsolable, Linda said with a delighted laugh.
- Heavy
The suitcase didn’t seem that heavy at the time.
- Heartsick
They were absolutely heartsick over the loss of their home.
- Heartbreaking
She wrote a heartbreaking story about the death of her grandfather.
- Hateful
To be quit of his hateful presence he gave him a mili tary command.
- Harrowing
I don’t think I could live through such a harrowing event again.
- Grim
I don’t think I could live through such a harrowing event again.
- Grievous
No war was ever more grievous to freedom and civilization.
- Grieved
My parents were deeply grieved and perplexed.
- grief-stricken
He stood staring at the girl, grief–stricken.
- Grave
We realized very quickly we had made a grave mistake, and I don’t even like to think about it.
- Glum
The man stared at him with the same glum look.
- Gloomy
He was gloomy and absent-minded.
Important Sentences List 3 Other word for sad or depressed
- Funereal
Funereal pace but is never boring.
- Frustrated
I’m so frustrated right now.
- Forlorn
His face looked forlorn.
- Dreary
Tuesday dawned a dreary overcast day.
- Downcast
Prince Andrew came up to her with downcast eyes.
- down in the mouth
Rob has been down in the mouth ever since Gloria broke up with him.
- down in the dumps
She’s a bit down in the dumps because she’s got to take her exams again.
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- Sat Down
They sat down at the table.
- Dolorous
Through an interpreter this week, a dolorous Dolores explained that it hadn’t taken her long to realize she’d been duped.
- Doleful
The girl had a doleful look on her face.
- Disturbing
Look, I don’t want anything disturbing that property!
- Dispiriting
Democrats are more dispirited today than they have been in years.
- Dispirited
Handed a dispirited, defeated force, he instilled into it the will to win.
- Dismal
The definition of dismal is something that is gloomy that makes you feel sad.
- Disheartening
Probably the consciousness that his dominions would be broken up among his sons after his death had a disheartening effect upon him.
- Disheartened
Balak, now utterly disheartened, abandoned his project altogether.
- Disgusted
Her stomach grumbled but the thought of a ham sandwich disgusted her.
- Disgraceful
His last public act was a disgraceful one.
- Discouraged
I am not discouraged, nor am I afraid.
- Disconsolate
You may turn away when your Savior draws near; you may sit disconsolate.
Important Sentences List 4 Other word for sad or depressed
- Disastrous
Half the city was destroyed by a disastrous fire.
- Dire
His childhood was passed in dire poverty.
- Difficult
This might be the most difficult decision she would ever make.
- Despondent
The children, feeling sad and despondent, were about to follow him when the Wizard touched Dorothy softly on her shoulder.
- Desperate
The collapse of her business had made her desperate.
- Despairing
I have been despairing at the thought of this.
- Desolate
It was a desolate wasteland except for some grazing sheep.
- Depressing
I suppose the atmosphere is a little depressing around here right now.
- Deplorable
The most deplorable weakness of Paul was his nepotism.
- Dejected
“Apparently I was wrong,” he said in a dejected tone.
- Dark
He looked tall and lean in a dark suit.
- Cruel
The cruel man lashed the horse with his whip.
- Crestfallen
His crestfallen look should have been a victory, but instead she wished she could eat the words.
- Cheerless
Cheerless rooms and the service was very poor.
- broken-hearted
He was broken–hearted when she left.
- Blue
It had a bright blue cover, which he was careful not to soil.
- Bleak
In the winter the landscape is bleak and the house is drafty.
- Bitter
It was far too sweet and had a bitter aftertaste
- Bad
Because I had a bad cold, I went to bed earlier than usual.
- Awful
I had an awful crush on him when we were in high school.
- Appalling
The difficulties before him were appalling
- Agonizing
He was in agonizing pain.
- Aggrieved
He felt aggrieved by their refusal to meet with him.
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