Words That Mean Sad and Gloomy
Sorrow, from the passing mood to the settled temperament.
12 words
- Deploreverb
express strong disapproval of
- Despondentadjective
without or almost without hope
- Dirgenoun
a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
- Dolorousadjective
showing sorrow
- Douradjective
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; ; ; ; - J.M.Barrie
- Elegynoun
a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
- Forlornadjective
marked by or showing hopelessness
- Lachrymoseadjective
showing sorrow
- Lamentnoun
a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
- Lugubriousadjective
excessively mournful
- Moroseadjective
showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - Bruce Bliven
- Somberadjective
lacking brightness or color; dull
Study these against
A word’s meaning sharpens against its opposite. These sets are the ones worth holding beside sad and gloomy.