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What is another word for
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Expressing regret, especially in a wry or humorous way
Suggestive or expressive of sorrow, distress or regret
Provoking pity, compassion, or sympathy
Adjective
▲
Expressing regret, especially in a wry or humorous way
regretful
sorry
remorseful
contrite
repentant
apologetic
penitent
sorrowful
compunctious
conscience-stricken
grievous
pitiful
plaintive
self-reproachful
shamefaced
sheepish
pitiable
ashamed
deplorable
guilt-ridden
guilty
chastened
attritional
penitential
in sackcloth and ashes
mournful
full of regret
hangdog
abject
sad
propitiatory
afraid
atoning
red-faced
abashed
shamed
supplicating
mortified
self-incriminating
on one's knees
self-condemnatory
disappointed
deprecatory
distressed
embarrassed
discomfited
uncomfortable
self-accusing
humble
awkward
penitentiary
disturbed
troubled
appeasing
unhappy
repenting
humiliated
bad
awful
chagrined
disgraced
humbled
repining
with one's tail between one's legs
conciliatory
explanatory
diffident
expiatory
self-effacing
self-conscious
blushing
demeaned
flustered
discountenanced
shy
crestfallen
disconcerted
upset
dishonoured
UK
discredited
dishonored
US
terrible
rotten
unsettled
thrown
uneasy
discomposed
nervous
debased
bashful
prudish
meek
stuttering
reserved
restrained
stammering
distraught
muddled
put out of countenance
shown-up
ill at ease
caught with egg on your face
not know where to put yourself
with egg on one's face
wishing the earth would swallow one up
blush to think of
stupid
tarred and feathered
degraded
foolish
whipped
chastised
disdained
insignificant
derided
low
deflated
condemned
belittled
small
disparaged
shunned
crushed
reviled
diminished
shown up
scorned
mocked
inferior
in disgrace
fallen
castigated
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“The island's startling natural beauty can be a
rueful
reminder of what once was, up and down the Caribbean archipelago.”
Adjective
▲
Suggestive or expressive of sorrow, distress or regret
sorrowful
woeful
mournful
doleful
sorry
anguished
heartbroken
dolorous
grieving
agonised
UK
agonized
US
lamentable
wailing
dolesome
plangent
funeral
bewailing
bemoaning
sad
weeping
bitter
melancholy
deploring
dismal
lugubrious
plaintive
woebegone
aching
hangdog
regretful
disconsolate
miserable
unhappy
wretched
distressed
desolate
forlorn
grief-stricken
dejected
depressed
gloomy
despondent
blue
crestfallen
tearful
glum
afflicted
melancholic
cheerless
brokenhearted
down
joyless
downcast
heartsick
broken-hearted
despairing
downhearted
inconsolable
morose
sombre
UK
somber
US
sullen
saddened
down in the mouth
teary
heartsore
upset
cast down
down in the dumps
heavyhearted
mourning
piteous
tormented
elegiac
spiritless
heartrending
low-spirited
sorrowing
grievous
dreary
solemn
funereal
comfortless
pathetic
heavy-hearted
elegiacal
devastated
bleak
suffering
tortured
weepy
in the dumps
in pain
pitiful
troubled
abject
depressive
dire
drear
dispirited
low
cut up
gray
US
lonesome
lonely
grey
UK
saturnine
distraught
heartbreaking
dark
down-and-out
grim
depressing
dull
lachrymose
painful
wistful
disheartened
wounded
drab
lamenting
discouraged
disappointed
drearisome
uninviting
demoralized
US
heavy
droopy
bereaved
austere
unwelcoming
angst-ridden
calamitous
aggrieved
emotional
disheartening
dour
dim
dingy
bare
dispiriting
cold
inhospitable
stark
godforsaken
morbid
hurting
hurt
black
chill
murky
tenebrific
bland
sepulchral
darkening
oppressive
plutonian
tenebrous
demoralised
UK
clinical
in tears
dejecting
draggy
mopey
dreich
uncomfortable
sunless
impersonal
cloudy
wintery
UK
Cimmerian
institutional
wintry
US
saddening
jarring
sobbing
pained
perturbed
bothered
heart-rending
anxious
crying
distressing
traumatized
US
grieved
blubbering
harrowing
concerned
hopeless
tragic
harrowed
traumatised
UK
pensive
deplorable
discombobulated
uptight
out of sorts
crushed
pitiable
shook
bugged
dolent
ruthful
tristful
down-hearted
mirthless
antsy
heavy with grief
blubbing
gutted
racked with pain
racked with suffering
sniveling
US
bawling
howling
broken
bad
snivelling
UK
shook up
all torn up
in mourning
in sorrow
full of sorrow
in the pits
bummed out
displeased
racked
worried
disturbed
bleeding
dreamy
in distress
burned
sore
contused
in anguish
regrettable
afflictive
dolorific
in doldrums
in grief
whimpering
afflicting
poor
worthless
threnodic
dirge-like
nostalgic
bereft
greeting
down in dumps
moody
crummy
destroyed
cast-down
down and out
languorous
triste
listless
languid
pessimistic
sulky
uneasy
choked
larmoyant
powerless
helpless
bummed
downtrodden
sour
hapless
blubbery
close to tears
watery
wet
moist
on the verge of tears
shaken
disconcerted
vexed
ruffled
disquieted
unnerved
agitated
discomposed
long-faced
overwhelmed
harassed
flustered
irked
aflutter
wrecked
discountenanced
plagued
chap-fallen
haunted
spooked
jumpy
unglued
persecuted
strung out
in a tizzy
overcome with sorrow
in a stew
desperate
overcome
resigned
agonizing
US
in despair
foreboding
agonising
UK
suicidal
defeatist
oppressed
weary
sunk
negative
long-suffering
in low spirits
sick at heart
shot down
at the end of your tether
bowed down
fed up
excruciating
tormenting
fraught
grave
fearful
pain-filled
very sad
severe
forbidding
stony
chapfallen
dreadful
sorry for yourself
downbeat
luckless
moving
sinister
at wits' end
down-in-the-mouth
discouraging
doomed
strained
discontented
stirring
crabby
languished
having blue devils
dysphoric
down in mouth
singing the blues
having the blahs
awful
ailing
unmitigable
unfortunate
shattered
horrible
ominous
careworn
on a downer
up the creek
without hope
atrocious
ground down
anxiety-ridden
frantic
sick as a parrot
worn down
hag-ridden
no-win
strabilious
cynical
can't win
weighed down
worn out
in the soup
not a prayer
lorn
at end of one's rope
companionless
mortified
pining
in a blue funk
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Adjective
▲
Provoking pity, compassion, or sympathy
sorry
pathetic
miserable
piteous
pitiful
heartbreaking
wretched
pitiable
poor
heartrending
sad
dismal
woeful
distressing
lamentable
grievous
tragic
harrowing
deplorable
cheerless
doleful
joyless
mournful
unfortunate
comfortless
sorrowful
dire
hopeless
abject
depressing
poignant
dreary
upsetting
unhappy
heart-rending
distressful
moving
gut-wrenching
dreadful
terrible
forlorn
saddening
grim
melancholy
bleak
disheartening
gloomy
sombre
UK
appalling
drab
somber
US
discouraging
tearful
morose
touching
drear
affecting
disappointing
bad
funereal
disturbing
traumatic
regrettable
painful
afflicted
agonizing
US
desolate
ruthful
shocking
depressive
glum
awful
dolorous
disquieting
dark
plaintive
unpleasant
rotten
inferior
frightful
horrible
agonising
UK
execrable
disgraceful
contemptible
shameful
horrendous
unlucky
tear-jerking
difficult
bitter
distressed
troublesome
dispiriting
excruciating
suffering
oppressive
melancholic
low
disconsolate
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
crushing
crummy
discomforting
stirring
vexatious
abysmal
dejecting
dispirited
mirthless
dolesome
discomposing
unnerving
sullen
solemn
uncomfortable
atrocious
cold
horrific
rubbish
diabolical
mortifying
lachrymose
lugubrious
foul
laughable
godawful
to be pitied
heart-wrenching
abominable
disastrous
egregious
calamitous
black
shoddy
direful
lousy
derisory
catastrophic
heart-breaking
odious
god-awful
luckless
base
sober
hapless
disconcerting
depressed
misfortunate
ill-fated
teary
ill-starred
dingy
plangent
horrifying
derisible
pensive
horrid
heartsickening
beseeching
ruined
imploring
commiserable
entreating
humourless
UK
humorless
US
mediocre
inept
chronic
unsatisfactory
inadequate
shabby
foolish-looking
silly
ridiculous
absurd
hideous
ghastly
ludicrous
beastly
second-rate
cataclysmic
third-rate
sucky
lame
mean
pits
feeble
grotty
squalid
godforsaken
despicable
uninviting
sordid
unpromising
vile
trashy
disagreeable
morbid
filthy
indigent
scungy
dreich
impoverished
destitute
sepulchral
displeasing
detestable
scurvy
saturnine
lonesome
sunless
tenebrific
elegiac
plutonian
elegiacal
tenebrous
Cimmerian
poverty-stricken
worrying
troubling
tragical
tormenting
unsettling
perturbing
hurtful
stressful
alarming
nasty
worrisome
afflicting
frightening
afflictive
troublous
agitating
nagging
confronting
nerve-racking
nail-biting
nerve-wracking
commiserative
grave
nightmarish
objectionable
offensive
harsh
gruesome
monstrous
severe
macabre
loathsome
distasteful
forbidding
grisly
ruinous
irksome
devastating
torturous
revolting
abhorrent
daunting
hard
repugnant
unpalatable
unwelcome
cruel
repulsive
adverse
hostile
destructive
unpropitious
sickening
brutal
unfavourable
UK
hellacious
heinous
unfavorable
US
hairy
galling
disgusting
fraught
God-awful
gross
inauspicious
lurid
fatal
terrifying
unspeakable
tough
fearsome
unbearable
obnoxious
substandard
cataclysmal
outrageous
fateful
star-crossed
savage
intolerable
very bad
cursed
chilling
jinxed
undesirable
harmful
scandalous
yucky
unacceptable
injurious
ugly
damning
cheap
snakebitten
repellent
stinking
paltry
snakebit
shadowy
nauseating
ominous
untoward
junky
rubbishy
out of luck
hard luck
stark
annoying
inexcusable
trying
parlous
unsavory
US
sour
grody
scary
unlovely
yukky
icky
uncongenial
unpleasing
unsavoury
UK
reprehensible
low-grade
dirty
grotesque
desperate
pants
deadly
troubled
untimely
cruddy
ill-omened
vicious
oppressed
catastrophal
pitiless
fierce
irritating
meager
US
sleazy
shattering
bum
trumpery
ruthless
merciless
meagre
UK
unsuccessful
austere
hateful
common
infelicitous
schlock
inhospitable
schlocky
doomed
coarse
dour
wicked
gray
US
perilous
grey
UK
serious
intense
a load of pants
bargain-basement
treacherous
off-putting
eerie
iniquitous
foreboding
fearful
mortal
ignominious
duff
useless
obscene
terrific
noxious
lethal
inopportune
crippling
ghostly
gory
sedate
spine-chilling
noisome
grubby
scummy
ratty
scabby
detrimental
nauseous
fulsome
poxy
spooky
nightmare
punk
rough
unsightly
spookish
rugged
threatening
onerous
repellant
burdensome
rancid
heavy
disadvantageous
sick
cheapjack
sinister
stiff
invidious
gimcrack
unappealing
inhuman
colorless
US
colourless
UK
murky
searing
disadvantaged
murderous
hardhanded
cut-rate
low-rent
dull
awkward
el cheapo
blighted
tender
stricken
lacklustre
UK
deep
lackluster
US
straitened
unfriendly
dim
hard-pressed
discommodious
tortured
dangerous
unexciting
full of hardship
blah
uninteresting
doubtful
uninspiring
strained
down on luck
boring
exacting
monotonous
negative
lonely
sad sack
pressing
precarious
exigent
lifeless
messy
jeopardous
apocalyptic
rocky
humdrum
nefarious
glaring
flagrant
bungling
flagitious
unforgivable
ropy
devastative
senseless
inglorious
preposterous
exceptionable
blue
unearthly
bodger
unadvantageous
unpardonable
unconscionable
indefensible
hurting
unendurable
annihilatory
deleterious
evil
dislikeable
dislikable
insupportable
discreditable
uncool
hellish
accursed
villainous
damnable
revulsive
sneaking
mighty
concerning
anguished
cursed with ill-luck
unjustifiable
inimical
catty
brackish
annihilative
acute
grewsome
emotional
insufferable
criminal
opprobrious
weird
shady
crashing
bothersome
unhealthy
pesky
overwhelming
damaging
sorrowing
slipshod
crude
unrelenting
relentless
ferocious
extremely bad
beyond contempt
sentimental
sore
remorseless
great
unenviable
impressive
tawdry
hard-hearted
intemperate
provoking
rigorous
inclement
accident-prone
impactful
defective
incompetent
nostalgic
death-obsessed
expressive
gut-churning
from hell
sick-making
spine-tingling
poor-quality
cheap-jack
tough luck
behind eight ball
bad break
baleful
intimidating
passionate
formidable
taxing
ill-boding
low quality
dilapidated
redoubtable
dread
deathly
critical
subpar
wanting
bush
crumby
suboptimal
deficient
dissatisfactory
wrong
not much cop
thankless
broken
forsaken
unprosperous
weighty
bodeful
extreme
pained
shattered
flimsy
shlocky
wack
faulty
off
cheesy
seedy
shlock
weak
backbreaking
in a bad way
burdened
worthless
irretrievable
oppressing
hefty
hair-raising
rough going
run down
bush-league
low-quality
down at heel
unattractive
gnarly
eye-watering
woebegone
hexed
voodooed
loser
behind the eightball
poor fish
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