Related Words for sad

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mournful
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Adjective, Adjective
wretched
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Adjective, Adjective
doleful
/x
Adjective, Adjective
lamentable
x/xx
Adjective, Adjective
suffering
/xx
Adjective, Adjective
miserable
/xxx
Adjective, Adjective
wistful
/x
Adjective, Adjective
depressing
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
distressing
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
tragic
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Adjective, Adjective
pitiful
/xx
Adjective, Adjective
sorrowful
/xx
Adjective, Adjective
depressive
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
melancholic
xx/x
Adjective, Adjective
yearning
/x
Adjective, Noun
deplorable
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
pensive
/x
Adjective, Adjective
melancholy
/xxx
Adjective, Adjective
bittersweet
/xx
Adjective, Adjective
gloomy
/x
Adjective, Adjective
bad
/
Adjective, Adjective
lovesick
//x
Adjective, Adjective
unhappy
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
sorry
/x
Adjective, Adjective
nostalgic
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
homesick
/x
Adjective, Adjective
happy
/x
Adjective, Adjective
glad
/
Adjective, Adjective
heartbreaking
/xx
Adjective
unfortunate
x/xx
Adjective
heartbroken
/xx
Adjective
regretful
x/x
Adjective
regrettable
x/xx
Adjective
shameful
/x
Adjective
pathetic
x/x
Adjective
horrible
/xx
Adjective
ironic
x/x
Adjective
terrible
/xx
Adjective
distraught
x/
Adjective
poignant
/x
Adjective
hopeless
/x
Adjective
heartwarming
/xx
Adjective
despondent
x/x
Adjective
somber
/x
Adjective
ashamed
x/
Adjective
awful
/x
Adjective
tearful
/x
Adjective
sombre
/x
Adjective
lonely
/x
Adjective, Adverb
morose
x/
Adjective
disheartened
x/x
Adjective
shocking
/x
Adjective
disgraceful
x/x
Adjective
frustrating
/xx
Adjective
disgusting
x/x
Adjective
disconcerting
xx/x
Adjective
scary
/x
Adjective
wonderful
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Adjective
horrifying
/xxx
Adjective
strange
/
Adjective
hurtful
/x
Adjective
funny
/x
Adjective
weird
/
Adjective
appalling
x/x
Adjective
disappointed
xx/x
Adjective
dispiriting
x/xx
Adjective
surreal
x/
Adjective
heartening
/xx
Adjective
disturbing
x/x
Adjective
painful
/x
Adjective
distasteful
x/x
Adjective
thankful
/x
Adjective
dismayed
x/
Adjective
nauseating
/xxx
Adjective
frightening
/xx
Adjective
dejected
x/x
Adjective
humbling
/xx
Adjective
joyous
/x
Adjective
grim
/
Adjective
embarrassing
x/xx
Adjective
cruel
/x
Adjective
brokenhearted
/xxx
Adjective
sickening
/xx
Adjective
grateful
/x
Adjective
stupid
/x
Adjective
dreadful
/x
Adjective
troubling
/xx
Adjective
speechless
/x
Adjective
despicable
x/xx
Adjective
unreal
x/
Adjective
proud
/
Adjective
laughable
/xx
Adjective
heartrending
//x
Adjective
cowardly
/xx
Adjective
callous
/x
Adjective
joyful
/x
Adjective
demoralizing
x/xxx
Adjective
senseless
/x
Adjective
galling
/x
Adjective
incomprehensible
xxx/xx
Adjective
comforting
/xx
Adjective
unsettling
x/xx
Adjective
horrific
x/x
Adjective
gratifying
/xxx
Adjective
hypocritical
xx/xx
Adjective
dead march
//
Name, Adjective
crestfallen
/xx
Adjective
lovely
/x
Adjective
remorseful
x/x
Adjective
comical
/xx
Adjective
cynical
/xx
Adjective
take to heart
///
Phrase, Adjective
dreary
/x
Adjective
forlorn
x/
Adjective
teary
/x
Adjective
clinical depression
/xxx/x
Phrase, Adjective
weepy
/x
Adjective
boxing
/x
Verb
plight
/
Noun
parting
/x
Noun
disrepair
xx/
Noun
farewells
x/
Noun
havoc
/x
Noun
forebodings
x/x
Noun
bereavement
x/x
Noun
dawns
/
Verb
shires
/
Noun
homecoming
/xx
Noun
clown
/
Noun
tidings
/x
Noun
laments
x/
Noun
countenances
/xxx
Noun
goodbye
x/
Noun
postscript
/x
Noun
commentary
/xxx
Noun
demise
x/
Noun
cypress
/x
Noun
rustling
/x
Noun
spectacle
/xx
Noun
fate
/
Noun
tale
/
Noun
saga
/x
Noun
sack
/
Noun
refrain
x/
Noun
shake
/
Noun
ending
/x
Noun
remembrances
x/xx
Noun
news
/
Noun
litany
/xx
Noun
resignation
xx/x
Noun
reverie
/xx
Noun
irony
/xx
Noun
smile
/
Noun
alone
x/
Adverb
sighs
/
Noun
perplexity
x/xx
Noun
story
/x
Noun
disappointment
xx/x
Noun
procession
x/x
Noun
song
/
Noun
sequel
/x
Noun
acknowledgement
x/xx
Noun
annoying
x/x
Adjective, Noun
baleful
/x
Adjective
basic
/x
Adjective, Noun
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
bitter
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
black
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
bleak
/
Adjective, Noun
blue
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
boring
/x
Adjective, Noun
bright
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
cockroach
/x
Noun
cry
/
Noun, Verb
dark
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
das
/
Noun
depository
x/xxx
Noun
desperate
/x
Adjective, Noun
dire
/
Adjective, Noun
disastrous
x/x
Adjective
disconsolate
xxxx
Adjective, Noun
discouraging
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
dismal
/x
Adjective
doom
/
Noun, Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downbeat
x/
Noun, Adjective
downcast
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
dubious
/xx
Adjective
dull
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
fault
/
Noun, Verb
gladden
/x
Name, Verb
gloom
/
Noun, Verb
glum
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
grief
/
Noun, Verb
grieved
/
Adjective
grievous
/x
Adjective
hap
/
Name, Verb
hapless
/x
Adjective
harbinger
/xx
Noun, Verb
harsh
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
hate
/
Verb, Noun
hour
/x
Noun
inconvenient
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
infamous
/xx
Adjective
infinite
/xx
Adjective, Noun
interruption
xx/x
Noun
iq
//
Name, Adjective
joy
/
Noun, Verb
mad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
madness
/x
Noun
midst
/
Noun
morrow
/x
Noun, Verb
mourning
/x
Noun
novi
/x
Name
obverse
x/
Noun, Adjective
ods
/
Noun
penalty
/xx
Noun
pity
/x
Noun, Verb
plaintive
/x
Adjective
poor
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
pup
/
Noun, Verb
realization
/x/x
Noun
remorse
x/
Noun, Verb
res
/
Noun, Verb
reverse
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
rueful
/x
Adjective
sentence
/x
Noun, Verb
shame
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
sinister
/xx
Adjective
sm
x
Name, Adjective, Adverb
sob
/
Noun, Verb
sobering
/xx
Adjective
sop
/
Noun, Verb
sore
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
sorrow
/x
Noun, Verb
stark
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
tear
/
Verb, Noun
tedious
/xx
Adjective
throttle
/x
Noun, Verb
triste
/
Adjective
ugly
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
uncomfortable
x/xxx
Adjective
unlucky
x/x
Adjective
unpleasant
x/x
Adjective
upset
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
weigh down
//
Phrase, Verb
weigh on
//
Phrase, Verb
woeful
/x
Adjective
wrong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shirtless
/x
Adjective
die
/
Verb, Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb