English word
Sad
Definitions
adjective
- affected with or expressive of grief or unhappiness : downcast
- causing or associated with grief or unhappiness : depressing
- regrettable, deplorable
- of little worth
- of a dull somber color
Synonyms for sad
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Synonyms by context
Being mournful or feeling sorrow
adjective
- mournful
- somber
- sombre
- blue
Distressing or causing sorrow
adjective
- heartbreaking
- disheartening
- poignant
- regrettable
- saddening
- tragic
- traumatic
- depressing
- dispiriting
Antonyms for sad
Opposite of being mournful or feeling sorrow
Opposite of distressing or causing sorrow
- heartening
- encouraging
- uplifting
- heart-warming
- promising
- reassuring
- comforting
- calming
- fortunate
- great
Opposite of lamentably bad or poor in quality
- fantastic
- exceptional
- brilliant
- breathtaking
- excellent
- exquisite
- extraordinary
- good
- impressive
- remarkable
Phrases
- all torn up
- as happy as a sandboy
- as happy as Larry
- as pleased as Punch
- at ease
- at end of one's rope
- at sixes and sevens
- at the end of your tether
- at wits' end
- beside oneself with grief
- beside oneself with joy
- blissed out
- blue funk
- bowed down
- brassed off
- broken up
- browned off
- bummed out
- can't complain
- cast down