Synonyms for sad

blue, bowed down, broken-hearted, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, desolate, despairing, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, distressing, doleful, down, downbeat, downcast, downhearted, forlorn, gloomy, glum, grief-stricken, heartbroken, inconsolable, lamentable, low-spirited, melancholic, melancholy, miserable, mournful, out of sorts, regretful, regrettable, sorrowful, unhappy, woebegone, woeful, wretched