Synonyms and antonyms of Making you feel sad or upset in British Thesaurus

sad (adjective)

making you feel unhappy

unhappy (adjective)

used about situations and experiences that make people feel unhappy

depressing (adjective)

something that is depressing makes you feel very unhappy and disappointed

miserable (adjective)

a miserable situation or period is one that makes you feel very unhappy

painful (adjective)

making you feel upset, ashamed, or unhappy

terrible (adjective)

making you feel very upset or afraid

dismal (adjective)

making you feel unhappy and without hope or enthusiasm

heartbreaking (adjective)

making you feel very sad or upset

upsetting (adjective)

making you feel sad, worried, or angry

tragic (adjective)

causing or involving great sadness, because someone suffers or dies

affecting (adjective)

formal making you feel a strong emotion such as sadness, sympathy etc

agonising ()

a British spelling of agonizing

agonizing (adjective)

an agonizing event or period of time is very upsetting and seems to happen very slowly because something bad is happening

bitter (adjective)

making you feel very unhappy or disappointed

bitter-sweet (adjective)

involving or causing feelings of happiness and sadness at the same time

black (adjective)

making people feel unhappy or lose hope

black (adjective)

relating to sad or unpleasant things such as death or illness

cheerless (adjective)

mainly literary making you feel sad because of being cold, dark, or unpleasant

dark (adjective)

a dark time is one in which people feel frightened, unhappy, and without hope

discouraging (adjective)

making you feel that it is useless to try to do something

disheartening (adjective)

making you less confident or enthusiastic

elegiac (adjective)

formal expressing sadness, especially because someone has died or because something no longer exists

grim (adjective)

grim news, situations, or events are unpleasant and make you feel upset and worried

gut-wrenching (adjective)

making you feel very sad or upset

heart-rending (adjective)

making you feel very sad and sympathetic because someone is suffering

heart-wrenching (adjective)

making you feel very sad or emotional

lachrymose (adjective)

literary very sad, or making you cry

melancholy (adjective)

mainly literary feeling or looking sad and without hope, or making you feel sad and without hope

melting (adjective)

making you feel love or sympathy

moody (adjective)

creating a feeling of sadness or mystery

mournful (adjective)

making you feel very sad

pathetic (adjective)

if someone or something looks or sounds pathetic, you feel sympathy for them

piteous (adjective)

literary a piteous sound, expression, or situation makes you feel sympathy for someone or something

pitiable (adjective)

formal making you feel sympathy and sadness

pitiful (adjective)

looking or sounding so unhappy that you feel sympathy and sadness

poignant (adjective)

giving you feelings of sadness

regrettable (adjective)

making you feel sad or sorry because something happened that you wish had not happened

sadly (adverb)

in a way that causes sadness

sentimental (adjective)

making people experience feelings of sadness, sympathy, love etc, especially in a deliberate and obvious way

shattering (adjective)

extremely upsetting

sorrowful (adjective)

literary feeling, expressing, or causing great sadness

soul-destroying (adjective)

a soul-destroying situation makes you very unhappy because you think it will never improve

touching (adjective)

making you feel emotional or sympathetic, for example by being sad

tragic (adjective)

Britishinformal very bad and making you feel upset or angry

unfortunate (adjective)

formal if something is unfortunate, you do not approve of it, or you wish it had not happened