4
pain(noun, upset, help, ease, sadness)
4
pointlessness(noun, state, feeling, unhappiness, agony)
4
purgatory(noun, state, feeling, unhappiness, agony)
4
resentment(noun, state, calm, feeling, pain)
4
scourge(noun, torment, plague, blessing)
4
torture(noun, pain, state, feeling, joy)
3
cataclysm(noun, disaster, state, feeling, pain)
3
dreariness(noun, state, feeling, pain, cheer)
3
frustration(noun, state, feeling, pleasure, pain)
3
ache(noun, state, feeling, pain, joy)
3
acrimoniousness(noun, state, feeling, pain, comfort)
3
adversity(noun, favor, ease, boon)
3
alarm(noun, state, calm, feeling, ease)
3
angst(noun, state, feeling, pain, anguish)
3
bad feeling(expression, state, calm, feeling, pain)
3
burden(noun, state, help, feeling, ease)
3
consternation(noun, calm, distress, composure, dismay)
3
despair(noun, upset, cheer, depression, joy)
3
dismay(noun, calm, feeling, ease, distress)
3
dolefulness(noun, state, feeling, pain, cheer)
10 years ago|4.9k views|share |citing 
APASmart Define. (2016). happiness thesaurus. Retrieved September 29, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/happiness/thesaurus/antonyms
ChicagoSmart Define. 2016. "happiness thesaurus" https://smartdefine.org/happiness/thesaurus/antonyms (accessed September 29, 2026).
HarvardSmart Define 2016, happiness thesaurus, Smart Define, viewed 29 September, 2026, <https://smartdefine.org/happiness/thesaurus/antonyms>.
MLASmart Define. "happiness thesaurus" 29 March 2016. Web. 29 September 2026. <https://smartdefine.org/happiness/thesaurus/antonyms>