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Synonyms for saddening

  • adjective

Most common

heart-breaking depressing upsetting regrettable deplorable distressing mournful lamentable

All synonyms

Adjective

sad, depressing, heart-breaking, regrettable, upsetting, lamentable, deplorable, distressing, sorrowful, mournful, grievous, woeful, wretched, rueful, woebegone, heart-rending, dismal, melancholy, piteous, joyless, plaintive, cheerless, lachrymable dated

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Causing feelings of sadness.

Example sentences

  • depressing Recently, you've been depressing to hang out with.
  • upsetting I know this is an upsetting time for you both.
  • regrettable It is regrettable that you did not start earlier.
  • deplorable The roads of this city are in deplorable condition.
  • distressing Yanni went through a distressing event.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
saddeningfalling
depressingsteady
upsettingrising
regrettablefalling
deplorablefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
sad1
6 letters
dismal2, woeful2, rueful2
7 letters
joyless, piteous
8 letters
wretched2, grievous2, mournful2
9 letters
upsetting3, sorrowful3, plaintive2, cheerless, woebegone3
10 letters
depressing3, melancholy4, deplorable4, lamentable4
11 letters
distressing3, regrettable4, lachrymable

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dismal2 = 2 syllables).

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