- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|744
- Abbreviations|0
189 entries under sad topic. ×
| touching(mean, low, pain, miserable) | |
| unfortunate(adjective, sorrow, depression, woe) | |
| wailful(adjective, bad, sorrow, depression) | |
| wounded(adjective, upset, cut, hurt, hit) | |
| compunctious(unhappy, sorry, apologetic) | |
| penitential(adjective, unhappy, apologetic, remorseful) | |
| afflicted(gloomy, miserable, painful, wretched) | |
| drab(adjective, blue, depression, woe) | |
| heartbroken(adjective, unhappy, gloomy, depressed) | |
| howling(adjective, blue, depression, woe) | |
| lachrymose(adjective, sorrow, depression, woe) | |
| painful(unhappy, miserable, wretched, distressing) | |
| saddening(melancholy, sorrowful, mournful, woebegone) | |
| self-accusing(unhappy, apologetic) | |
| solemn(adjective, sorrow, depression, woe) | |
| sorrowing(mournful, grief-stricken) | |
| teary(adjective, sorrow, depression, woe) | |
| all-a-mort(adjective, sorrow, depression, woe) | |
| attritional(unhappy, sorry, apologetic) | |
| baleful(adjective, sorrow, depression, woe) |
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