Antonyms for sad
sædsad

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.9 / 8 votes

1. sadadjective

   Antonyms:
   upbeat, cheerful, gleeful, happy, decent

2. sadadjective

   soggy (to refer to pastries).

   Antonyms:
   gleeful, decent, happy, cheerful, upbeat

   Synonyms:
   lamentable, pitiful, sorry

3. sadadjective

   Synonyms:
   uncomfortable, discomforted, distressed, unhappy

4. sadadjective

   Synonyms:
   glum, down in the dumps, melancholy, depressed

5. sadadjective

   Synonyms:
   touching, poignant

6. sadadjective

   Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.

   Antonyms:
   cheerful, happy, decent, gleeful, upbeat

   Synonyms:
   pitiful, sorry, lamentable

7. sadadjective

   Steadfast, valiant.

   Antonyms:
   decent, cheerful, happy, upbeat, gleeful

   Synonyms:
   pitiful, lamentable, sorry

8. sadadjective

   Dignified, serious, grave.

   Antonyms:
   decent, cheerful, happy, gleeful, upbeat

   Synonyms:
   sorry, pitiful, lamentable

9. sadadjective

   Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.

   Antonyms:
   decent, upbeat, happy, gleeful, cheerful

   Synonyms:
   lamentable, sorry, pitiful

10. sadadjective

    Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.

    She gets sad when he's away.

    Antonyms:
    upbeat, cheerful, happy, decent, gleeful

    Synonyms:
    lamentable, pitiful, sorry

11. sadadjective

    Appearing sorrowful.

    The puppy had a sad little face.

    Antonyms:
    happy, gleeful, upbeat, decent, cheerful

    Synonyms:
    pitiful, sorry, lamentable

12. sadadjective

    Causing sorrow; lamentable.

    It's a sad fact that most rapes go unreported.

    Antonyms:
    gleeful, decent, upbeat, cheerful, happy

    Synonyms:
    pitiful, sorry, lamentable

13. sadadjective

    Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.

    Antonyms:
    decent, gleeful, upbeat, cheerful, happy

    Synonyms:
    pitiful, lamentable, sorry

14. sadadjective

    Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.

    I can't believe you use drugs; you're so sad!

    Synonyms:
    pitiful, lamentable, sorry

    Antonyms:
    decent, happy, gleeful, cheerful, upbeat

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.7 / 3 votes

1. sad

   Antonyms:
   light, light-hearted, cheerful, joyful, joyous, gay, glad, exhilarating, exhilarated, happy, blithe

   Synonyms:
   heavy, grave, dull, sorrowful, woe-begone, calamitous, dismal, doleful, mournful, gloomy, dejected, depressed, cheerless, serious, downcast, grievous, melancholy, saturnine

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.2 / 6 votes

1. 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, gladsome

   Synonyms:
   deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, distressing, sorry

2. sadadjective

   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, good

   Synonyms:
   deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, distressing, sorry

3. deplorable, 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, glad

   Synonyms:
   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 WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. excited

   Submitted by anonymous on June 18, 2020  

2. happy

   Submitted by anonymous on January 22, 2020  

3. happy

   it's the opposite emotion.

   Submitted by karitanesenior on June 13, 2022  

How to use sad in a sentence?

1. Mac Donald:

   We are not incarcerating a bunch of harmless sad sacks who are merely caught with a joint, prisons today mostly house violent criminals. Prison populations have increased because violent crimes increased.

2. Kenny Rogers:

   It’s happily sad or sadly happy, i’m going to do a big worldwide tour, and it’s going to be my last. I’m going to say goodbye at that point; I’ve done this long enough.

3. Myron Gaines:

   Life is like a book, some chapters are sad, some are happy, and some are exciting. But if you never turn the page, you will never know what the next chapter holds.

4. Scott Johnson:

   You get bad days where you’re sad or feel depressed, and some days it takes a lot of motivation to get up, those times I try to give myself a pep talk, or think I’m going to turn off my mind and just do it. And sometimes, you just have to suck it up.

5. Dan Buckley:

   Steve transformed the industry and the Marvel Universe, and his legacy will never be forgotten, our thoughts are with his family, loved ones, and fans during this sad time.

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