Synonyms for sad
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Sorrowful — emotionally negative. Causing sorrow; lamentable
sorrowful, mournful, tragic, doleful, unhappy, deplorable, saddening, dejected, depressing, gloomy, lamentable, melancholic, distressing, dismal, shocking, moody, piteous, rueful, forlorn, broken-hearted, cheerless, downcast
2. Sorry — emotionally negative. Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor
sorry, pitiful, pathetic, bad, pitiable, wretched, poor, crummy informal, woeful, cheesy, mean, lousy, trashy, cheap, shoddy, low, scrubby, naughty dated
3. Melancholy — emotionally negative. Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful
melancholy, depressed, despondent, poignant, touching, glum, uncomfortable, distressed
Definitions
- adj. 1
Emotionally negative. Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
She gets sad when he's away.
- adj. 2
Emotionally negative. Causing sorrow; lamentable.
It's a sad fact that most rapes go unreported.
- adj. 3
Emotionally negative. Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.
That's the saddest-looking pickup truck I've ever seen.
- adj. 4
Emotionally negative. Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.
Example sentences
- tragic Oleg was alone in a big house with a tragic story.
- deplorable The roads of this city are in deplorable condition.
- mournful Tom stood at the window with a mournful expression on his face.
- doleful My dog died yesterday, so I'm quite doleful.
- sorry I'm sorry to say, but the service isn't very good.
- pitiful The pitiful tale fetched tears from the girl.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1, low1
- 4 letters
- mean1, poor1, blue1, dark1, dull1, glum1
- 5 letters
- sorry2, cheap1, grave1, sober2, stern1, moody2, lousy2, dingy2, dusky, staid1
- 6 letters
- tragic2, cheesy2, gloomy2, dismal2, trashy2, shoddy2, somber2, sombre, sedate2, woeful2, crummy2, leaden2, rueful2
- 7 letters
- serious3, unhappy3, naughty2, subdued2, pitiful3, forlorn2, pensive2, scrubby2, doleful2, piteous
- 8 letters
- touching2, shocking2, pathetic3, wretched2, poignant2, dejected3, mournful2, downcast2, pitiable4
- 9 letters
- depressed2, sorrowful3, saddening3, vexatious3, cheerless
- 10 letters
- depressing3, distressed2, melancholy4, deplorable4, despondent3, lamentable4
- 11 letters
- distressing3, mischievous3, melancholic4
- 13 letters
- uncomfortable5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sorry2 = 2 syllables).