What can I say instead of sad?

Synonyms of sad
  • unhappy.
  • heartbroken.
  • depressed.
  • miserable.
  • sorry.
  • bad.
  • melancholy.
  • upset.

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What is a fancy word for sad?

Synonyms of sad (adj.

bitter. dismal. heartbroken. melancholy. mournful.

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How do you express sadness in text?

Some examples could be:
  1. “I've been feeling pretty sad about the breakup recently,”
  2. “I'm upset that I don't get to go to the dance anymore.”
  3. “I've been missing my friends so I'm a little down in the dumps.”

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What is a deeper word for sadness?

Some common synonyms of sorrow are anguish, grief, regret, and woe. While all these words mean "distress of mind," sorrow implies a sense of loss or a sense of guilt and remorse. a family united in sorrow upon the patriarch's death.

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What is a painful text to make her cry?

Painful Love Text Messages

I wish we could stay together forever. It is breaking my heart to not live with you anymore, my love. You filled my life with happiness, but now you have left me crying. It is hard coming to terms that we will never be together again.

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How do you say I'm feeling down?

I'm just really unhappy. I'm heartbroken. I've been crying for days. I'm feeling down.

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What is a word for feeling down?

unhappy, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, gloomy, downcast, downhearted, depressed, dejected, melancholy.

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What is another word for very upset?

On this page you'll find 54 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to very upset, such as: agitated, anxious, berserk, bothered, carried away, and crazed.

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What is the Old English word for sad?

The earlier verb was simply sad, from Middle English saden "become weary or indifferent," also "make (something) hard or stiff," from Old English sadian, which also could be the source of the modern verb. The intransitive meaning "to become sorrowful" is from 1718. Related: Saddened; saddening.

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How do you describe sadness in English?

One's heart sinks, Broken-hearted, A heavy heart

However, 'broken-hearted' describes a strong feeling of sadness. 'A heavy heart' is an idiom that describes being weighed down by a feeling of sadness.

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What is bad mood in British slang?

If you're in a bad mood you might be labeled as narked or even a bit narky.

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What words mean sad and mad?

displeased
  • angry.
  • annoyed.
  • disappointed.
  • discontented.
  • disgruntled.
  • dissatisfied.
  • not happy.
  • unhappy.

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What does feeling upset mean?

If you are upset, you are unhappy or disappointed because something bad has happened to you. After she died I felt very, very upset. Marta looked upset. Synonyms: distressed, shaken, disturbed, worried More Synonyms of upset.

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What does terribly upset mean?

If you are upset, you are unhappy or disappointed because something unpleasant has happened. They are terribly upset by their parents' divorce.

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What is a synonym for disheartening sad?

Synonyms of dishearten (verb depress, ruin one's hopes)

daunt. deject. demoralize. deter. discourage.

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What is a synonym for feeling of unhappiness?

  • grief.
  • misery.
  • sadness.
  • woe.
  • gloom.
  • gloominess.
  • heartache.
  • joylessness. melancholy.

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What is a deep down feeling?

felt strongly and often hidden from other people: Deep down, I know you love me really. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Strong feelings.

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What is one word for sad and depressed?

On this page you'll find 154 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to depressed, such as: desolate, despondent, discouraged, miserable, morose, and not happy.

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What is depression in slang?

Depression in Teen Slang

Depressy — One of the more common phrases for depression, this is a shortened way of saying “depressed,” but is meant to be darkly humorous.

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How do you say girl in British slang?

'Lass' or 'lassie' is another word for 'girl'. This is mainly in the north of England and Scotland. 'Lad' is another word for boy. 'Bloke' or 'chap' means 'man'.

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What is a synonym for nasty slang?

Nasty has a long list of synonyms from awful and dirty to obnoxious and vulgar. However, fierce and excellent can also be synonyms for the slang use of nasty girls.

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How do you describe sadness without saying it?

Show sadness through facial expressions

A bottom lip trembles. A face crumples. A person who is trying to conceal their sadness may clench their jaw, jut their chin or bite their lip. They may smile, but without the smile reaching the eyes.

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How do you describe painful sadness?

Sadness can feel heavy and oppressive, hopeless and impermeable, the kind that despotically demands submission from other emotions. Nothing else gets through when that type of sadness is in charge. It can also be very different; you might feel wistful, nostalgic, or disheartened.

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How do you say sad in Shakespeare?

dark (adj.),heavy (adj.),lamentable (adj.),pensive (adj.),sorry (adj.),tristful (adj.),woe (adj.) pity (n.)

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