- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|744
- Abbreviations|0
189 entries under sad topic. ×
| sorry(adjective, sorrow, depression, woe) | |
| mournful(adjective, bad, blue, happy) | |
| regretful(adjective, unhappy, sorry, mournful) | |
| sorrowful(adjective, upset, bad, happy) | |
| contrite(adjective, unhappy, sorry, apologetic) | |
| remorseful(adjective, unhappy, sorry, guilty) | |
| apologetic(adjective, unhappy, sorry, regret) | |
| penitent(adjective, unhappy, sorrowful, sorry) | |
| repentant(adjective, unhappy, sorry, apologetic) | |
| doleful(adjective, bad, blue, happy) | |
| miserable(adjective, upset, mean, bad, moving) | |
| ruthful(adjective, bad, sorrow, depression) | |
| lugubrious(adjective, bad, happy, sorrow) | |
| dreary(adjective, bad, blue, pain) | |
| lamentable(adjective, bad, happy, pain) | |
| woeful(adjective, happy, pain, sorrow) | |
| wretched(adjective, mean, moving, poor, low) | |
| deplorable(adjective, bad, happy, pain) | |
| dolorous(adjective, happy, sorrow, depression) | |
| pitiful(adjective, upset, mean, moving, poor) |
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