Sadder

//ˈsæ.də//

Synonyms for "sadder" (522 found)

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depressed distressing heavyhearted lamentable melancholic mournful pitiful poignant sorrowful abominable acier affecting afflictive anguished anxious arrant ashen ashy atrocious awful

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Adjective(49 words)

atrabiliary atrabilious depressed down in the dumps dull glum grievous low melancholy miserable mournful saturnine sober solemn somber sombre sorrowful unhappy woebegone woeful

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Strong matches (156)

Adjective(49 words)

deep dejected demure deplorable depressing despondent dim dingy discomforted disconsolate disgruntled disheartened dismal dispirited distressed distressing doleful dolesome down down in the mouth

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degrading dejected delicate demeaning deplorable depressing depressive desolate despicable detestable dingy dire disappointing discomforted discomforting disgraceful disgusted disgusting dismal dismaying

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Adjective(2 words)

deplorable distressing

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Adjective(90 words)

lachrymose lack-laughter lackluster lamentable lamentful languid leaden lousy low-grade low-quality low-spirited lugubrious lumpish matte maudlin melancholic mischievous moody mopey morose

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laden with sorrow lead-gray leaden light livid loathsome long faced long-faced lousy luckless mean melancholy mellow meretricious mirthless miserable monstrous morbid morose mother-of-pearl

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mouse colored mouse-colored mouse-gray mousy mouth moving nacreous nasty nauseated nauseous nefarious nigrescent noisome notorious obnoxious odious offensive ominous opalescent oppressed opprobrious out of luck outrageous painful pale paltry pastel pathetic patinaed pearl pearl-gray pearly penitent pensive pessimistic piteous pitiable planet-struck pleasureless poor prey to malaise quaker-colored quiet rank regretful regrettable repelled reprehensible repulsive revolted rotten rubbishy rueful sad of heart sad-eyed sad-faced saddened saddening sadhearted scandalous schlock scrubby scruffy scummy scurvy scuzzy seasonal affective disorder semigloss shabby shameful sharp shocking shoddy short of luck sickened silver silver-gray silvered silvery simple slate-colored slaty smoke-gray smoky sober soft soft-colored soft-hued softened somber sombrous sordid sore sorry squalid star crossed star-crossed steel-gray steely stone-colored subdued subtle suffering angst swart swarthy sweet taupe tear-jerking tender terrible too bad touching tragical tragicomical trashy triste trumpery two-for-a-cent two-for-a-penny twopenny twopenny-halfpenny unbecoming unblessed unclean uncomfortable underprivileged uneasy unfortunate unfulfilled ungoverned ungratified unhappy unlucky unprosperous unprovidential unquiet unsatisfied unworthy of one valueless vile villainous weighed upon weighted down woebegone woeful worst worthless wretched

Adjective(3 words)

lamentable pitiful sorry

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Sample sentences

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It is sad not to be loved, but it is much sadder not to be able to love.

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Sadder than the beggar is the man who eats alone in public.

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A person who likes no one is much sadder than someone whom no one likes.

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There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.

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