| Main Entry: | miserable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhappy, depressed |
Synonyms: |
afflicted, agonized, ailing, anguished, brokenhearted, crestfallen, dejected, desolate, despairing, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, discontented, distressed, doleful, dolorous, down, down in the mouth, downcast, forlorn, gloomy, heartbroken, hopeless, hurt, hurting, ill, in pain, injured, melancholy, mournful, on a downer, pained, pathetic, pitiable, racked, rueful, ruthful, sad, sick, sickly, sorrowful, strained, suffering, tormented, tortured, tragic, troubled, woebegone, wounded, wretched |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, elated, happy, joyful, merry |
| Main Entry: | miserable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | destitute, shabby |
Synonyms: |
abject, bad, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, godforsaken, impoverished, indigent, inferior, lamentable, low, meager, mean, needy, paltry, pathetic, penniless, piteous, pitiable, poor, poverty-stricken, sad, scanty, scurvy, shameful, sordid, sorry, squalid, tragic, vile, worthless, wretched |
Antonyms: |
generous, rich, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | abject |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeless and downtrodden |
Synonyms: |
base, contemptible, degraded, dejected, deplorable, dishonorable, fawning, forlorn, groveling, hangdog, humiliated, low, miserable, outcast, pitiable, servile, submissive, worthless, wretched |
Antonyms: |
commendable, exalted, excellent, magnificent, noble, proud, worthy |
| Main Entry: | brokenhearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | devastated |
Synonyms: |
crestfallen, crushed, desolate, despairing, despondent, disappointed, disconsolate, grief-stricken, grieved, heartbroken, heartsick, heartsore, inconsolable, miserable, mournful, prostrated, sorrowful, wretched |
Antonyms: |
happy, lighthearted, pleased |
| Main Entry: | cheerless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressing, unhappy |
Synonyms: |
austere, black, bleak, blue, comfortless, dark, dejected, dejecting, depressed, desolate, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, dolorous, drab, draggy, drearisome, dreary, dull, forlorn, funereal, gloomy, grim, in the dumps, jarring, joyless, melancholy, miserable, mopey, mournful, oppressive, sad, somber, sorrowful, sullen, tenebrific, uncomfortable, wintry, woebegone, woeful |
Antonyms: |
bright, cheerful, happy, uplifting |
| Main Entry: | crummy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lousy |
Synonyms: |
cheap, contemptible, crappy*, grotty, inferior, miserable, pathetic, poor, rotten, second-rate, shabby, sub-par, third-rate, useless, worthless |
| Main Entry: | dejected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, blue |
Synonyms: |
abject, all torn up, atrabilious, black, bleak, broody, bummed out, cast down, cheerless, clouded, crestfallen, dampened, dashed, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dismal, dispirited, doleful, down, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, drooping, droopy, gloomy, glum, heavyhearted, hurting, in the pits, low, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, moody, mopey, mopish, morose, sad, sagging, shot down, spiritless, woebegone, wretched |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, encouraged, happy, joyous |
| Main Entry: | deplorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfortunate, shameful |
Synonyms: |
afflictive, awful, blameworthy, bummer, calamitous, dire, dirty, disastrous, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, distressing, dolorous, downer, dreadful, execrable, faulty, godawful, grievous, grim, heartbreaking, heartrending, horrifying, intolerable, lamentable, lousy, melancholy, miserable, mournful, opprobrious, overwhelming, pitiable, poor, regrettable, reprehensible, rotten, sad, scandalous, sickening, stinking, terrible, tragic, unbearable, unsatisfactory, woeful, wretched |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, delightful, excellent, good, happy, shameless |
| Main Entry: | desolate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, despondent |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, acheronian, bereft, black, bleak, blue, cheerless, comfortless, companionless, dejected, disconsolate, dismal, dolorous, down, downcast, forlorn, forsaken, funereal, gloomy, hurting, in a blue funk, inconsolable, joyless, lonely, lonesome, lorn, melancholy, miserable, somber, tragic, wretched |
| Notes: | lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship, while lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness; forlorn and desolate are even more isolated and sad |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, happy, pleased |
| Main Entry: | despairing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upset, despondent |
Synonyms: |
anxious, at end of one's rope, blue, brokenhearted, can't win, cynical, dejected, depressed, desperate, disconsolate, downcast, forlorn, frantic, grief-stricken, hopeless, in pain, in the dumps, in the pits, in the soup, inconsolable, melancholic, melancholy, miserable, no-win, not a prayer, oppressed, pessimistic, sad, shot down, strabilious, suicidal, sunk, weighed down, wretched |
Antonyms: |
confident, encouraged, expectant, hopeful |