What are some opposite words for sad?
Antonyms for sad
sædsad
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term sad.
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sadadjective
sadadjective
soggy (to refer to pastries).
Antonyms:
gleeful, decent, happy, cheerful, upbeatSynonyms:
lamentable, pitiful, sorrysadadjective
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uncomfortable, discomforted, distressed, unhappysadadjective
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glum, down in the dumps, melancholy, depressedsadadjective
sadadjective
Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
Antonyms:
cheerful, happy, decent, gleeful, upbeatSynonyms:
pitiful, sorry, lamentablesadadjective
Steadfast, valiant.
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decent, cheerful, happy, upbeat, gleefulSynonyms:
pitiful, lamentable, sorrysadadjective
Dignified, serious, grave.
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decent, cheerful, happy, gleeful, upbeatSynonyms:
sorry, pitiful, lamentablesadadjective
Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.
Antonyms:
decent, upbeat, happy, gleeful, cheerfulSynonyms:
lamentable, sorry, pitifulsadadjective
Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
She gets sad when he's away.
Antonyms:
upbeat, cheerful, happy, decent, gleefulSynonyms:
lamentable, pitiful, sorrysadadjective
Appearing sorrowful.
The puppy had a sad little face.
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happy, gleeful, upbeat, decent, cheerfulSynonyms:
pitiful, sorry, lamentablesadadjective
Causing sorrow; lamentable.
It's a sad fact that most rapes go unreported.
Antonyms:
gleeful, decent, upbeat, cheerful, happySynonyms:
pitiful, sorry, lamentablesadadjective
Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.
Antonyms:
decent, gleeful, upbeat, cheerful, happySynonyms:
pitiful, lamentable, sorrysadadjective
Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
I can't believe you use drugs; you're so sad!
Synonyms:
pitiful, lamentable, sorry
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
sad
Antonyms:
light, light-hearted, cheerful, joyful, joyous, gay, glad, exhilarating, exhilarated, happy, blitheSynonyms:
heavy, grave, dull, sorrowful, woe-begone, calamitous, dismal, doleful, mournful, gloomy, dejected, depressed, cheerless, serious, downcast, grievous, melancholy, saturnine
Princeton's WordNet
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
Antonyms:
glad, joyful, good, gladsomeSynonyms:
deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, distressing, sorrysadadjective
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
Antonyms:
joyful, gladsome, glad, goodSynonyms:
deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, distressing, sorrydeplorable, 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"
Antonyms:
joyful, gladsome, good, gladSynonyms:
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
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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
Editors Contribution
excited
happy
happy
it's the opposite emotion.
Submitted by karitanesenior on June 13, 2022
How to use sad in a sentence?
Special Representative Abdoulaye Bathily:
After almost 20 years of violence, civil war, it would be really sad for Burundi to plunge again into a new circle of violence.
Everything is difficult right now because of the prices, we have a sad shack (... but) what can we do? Keep going.
I would say that this is a reckless decision that the FDA has said that came down today. It's a very sad day for women across America, not only for pre-born children, but also for women, this is not a decision that was made for women or a women's best interests at all.
The sad reality is that, at this point in human history, all stars are effectively at a distance ofinfinity, we struggle very hard as a speciesto reach the Earths moon.
I saw that the neighbours were looking a bit sad about the confinement, i wanted to create a bit of atmosphere in the neighbourhood to help with all of that.
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