Synonyms for sad
sædsad

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.7 / 7 votes

1. sadadjective

   Antonyms:
   upbeat, cheerful, gleeful, happy, decent

2. sadadjective

   soggy (to refer to pastries).

   Synonyms:
   lamentable, pitiful, sorry

   Antonyms:
   gleeful, decent, happy, cheerful, upbeat

3. sadadjective

   Synonyms:
   uncomfortable, discomforted, distressed, unhappy

4. sadadjective

   Synonyms:
   glum, down in the dumps, melancholy, depressed

5. sadadjective

   Synonyms:
   touching, poignant

6. sadadjective

   Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.

   Synonyms:
   pitiful, sorry, lamentable

   Antonyms:
   cheerful, happy, decent, gleeful, upbeat

7. sadadjective

   Steadfast, valiant.

   Synonyms:
   pitiful, lamentable, sorry

   Antonyms:
   decent, cheerful, happy, upbeat, gleeful

8. sadadjective

   Dignified, serious, grave.

   Synonyms:
   sorry, pitiful, lamentable

   Antonyms:
   decent, cheerful, happy, gleeful, upbeat

9. sadadjective

   Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.

   Synonyms:
   lamentable, sorry, pitiful

   Antonyms:
   decent, upbeat, happy, gleeful, cheerful

10. sadadjective

    Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.

    She gets sad when he's away.

    Synonyms:
    lamentable, pitiful, sorry

    Antonyms:
    upbeat, cheerful, happy, decent, gleeful

11. sadadjective

    Appearing sorrowful.

    The puppy had a sad little face.

    Synonyms:
    pitiful, sorry, lamentable

    Antonyms:
    happy, gleeful, upbeat, decent, cheerful

12. sadadjective

    Causing sorrow; lamentable.

    It's a sad fact that most rapes go unreported.

    Synonyms:
    pitiful, sorry, lamentable

    Antonyms:
    gleeful, decent, upbeat, cheerful, happy

13. sadadjective

    Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.

    Synonyms:
    pitiful, lamentable, sorry

    Antonyms:
    decent, gleeful, upbeat, cheerful, happy

14. sadadjective

    Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.

    I can't believe you use drugs; you're so sad!

    Synonyms:
    pitiful, lamentable, sorry

    Antonyms:
    decent, happy, gleeful, cheerful, upbeat

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.7 / 3 votes

1. sad

   Synonyms:
   heavy, grave, dull, sorrowful, woe-begone, calamitous, dismal, doleful, mournful, gloomy, dejected, depressed, cheerless, serious, downcast, grievous, melancholy, saturnine

   Antonyms:
   light, light-hearted, cheerful, joyful, joyous, gay, glad, exhilarating, exhilarated, happy, blithe

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.2 / 6 votes

1. sadadjective

   experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness

   "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti

   Synonyms:
   deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, distressing, sorry

   Antonyms:
   glad, joyful, good, gladsome

2. sadadjective

   of things that make you feel sad

   "sad news"; "she doesn't like sad movies"; "it was a very sad story"; "When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me"- Christina Rossetti

   Synonyms:
   deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, distressing, sorry

   Antonyms:
   joyful, gladsome, glad, good

3. deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorryadjective

   bad; unfortunate

   "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"

   Synonyms:
   regretful, deplorable, hapless, no-account, reprehensible, woeful, dismal, troubling, execrable, dingy, disconsolate, perturbing, no-count, good-for-nothing, miserable, worrying, criminal, no-good, vicious, disturbing, dark, grim, piteous, condemnable, lamentable, worrisome, misfortunate, pitiable, distressing, bad, poor, pathetic, wretched, sorry, pitiful, gloomy, drab, distressful, dreary, drear, good-for-naught, blue, meritless

   Antonyms:
   joyful, gladsome, good, glad

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. melancholy

   a feeling of sorrow; normally with no cause

   "for some reason he felt melancholy when she woke up"

   Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019  

2. grinch

   not happy

   Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

3. subaerialverb

   being subaerial makes me sad so the similarities is present for those with similar interests in the word subaerial.

   i am sad\subaerial

   Submitted by anonymous on May 24, 2022  

4. sulked

   not happy or disappointed

   Submitted by anonymous on May 5, 2021  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sadadjective

   Synonyms:
   sorrowful, desponding, depressed, downcast, melancholy, cheerless, disconsolate, crest-fallen, chap-fallen, cast down

2. sadadjective

   Synonyms:
   gloomy, dismal, doleful, mournful, lugubrious, grievous, woebegone

3. sadadjective

   Synonyms:
   grievous, afflictive, calamitous, disastrous, dire, deplorable

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sadadjective

   Synonyms:
   sorrowful, pathetic, plaintive, doleful, piteous, lugubrious, rueful, mournful, dismal, funereal, gloomy, melancholy, disconsolate, dejected, touching, calamitous, deplorable, grievous, dire, afflictive, wretched, saturnine, grave, sober, dull, sombre, subdued, bad, naughty, troublesome, mischievous, vexatious

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "sad":

   regrettable, unfortunate, sadness, unhappy, triste, tragic, saddened, depressing, deplorable, saddening, miserable, gloomy, lamentable, grim, dismal, sorry, distressing, upset, sorrowful, pitiful, sob, painful, bleak, dss, ods, wretched, dreary, das, boring, sadly

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How to use sad in a sentence?

1. Tom Porto:

   She’s awake, which is a huge development. She likely has permanent brain damage that she will endure for the rest of her life. She’s not walking –it’s a sad, sad, sad story.

2. Chloe Kim:

   I am sad that my family isn't here. I'm sad that my friends aren't here. I'm sad that it's not the same exact experience due to Covid. However, I'm so grateful that we even were able to do this and come here and represent our countries. That's the most important part.

3. Lang Leav:

   I don’t think all writers are sad,” she said. “I think it’s the other way around - all sad people write.”

4. Anne Frank:

   Is discord going to show itself while we are still fighting, is the Jew once again worth less than another? Oh, it is sad, very sad, that once more, for the umpteenth time, the old truth is confirmed: What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews.

5. Courtney Baker:

   From that first visit, we dreaded our appointments. The most difficult time in my life was made nearly unbearable because you never told me the truth. My child was perfect, i’m not angry. I’m not bitter. I’m just really sad. I’m sad the tiny beating hearts you see every day don’t fill you with a perpetual awe. I’m sad the intricate details and the miracle of those sweet little fingers and toes, lungs and eyes and ears don’t always give you pause. I’m said you were so wrong to say a baby with Down syndrome would decrease our quality of life. And I’m heartbroken you might have said that to a mommy even today. But I’m mostly sad you’ll never have the privilege of knowing my daughter, Emersyn.