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as in unhappy, depressedas in unfortunate, distressing

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adjective as in unhappy, depressed

Strongest matches

  • bitter
  • dismal
  • heartbroken
  • melancholy
  • mournful
  • pessimistic
  • somber
  • sorrowful
  • sorry
  • wistful

Weak matches

  • bereaved
  • blue
  • cheerless
  • dejected
  • despairing
  • despondent
  • disconsolate
  • distressed
  • doleful
  • down
  • down in dumps
  • down in mouth
  • downcast
  • forlorn
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • grief-stricken
  • grieved
  • heartsick
  • heavyhearted
  • hurting
  • in doldrums
  • in grief
  • in the dumps
  • languishing
  • low
  • low-spirited
  • lugubrious
  • morbid
  • morose
  • out of sorts
  • pensive
  • sick at heart
  • troubled
  • weeping
  • woebegone

adjective as in unfortunate, distressing

Strongest matches

  • bad
  • dark
  • depressing
  • dismal
  • miserable
  • moving
  • pathetic
  • pitiful
  • poignant
  • regrettable
  • serious
  • sorry
  • tragic
  • unhappy

Weak matches

  • calamitous
  • dejecting
  • deplorable
  • disastrous
  • discomposing
  • discouraging
  • disheartening
  • dispiriting
  • dreary
  • funereal
  • grave
  • grievous
  • hapless
  • heart-rending
  • joyless
  • lachrymose
  • lamentable
  • lugubrious
  • melancholic
  • oppressive
  • pitiable
  • saddening
  • shabby
  • tear-jerking
  • tearful
  • unsatisfactory
  • upsetting
  • wretched

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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