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Expressing sorrow or regret, especially in a wry or humorous way
Suggestive of sorrow, distress or regret
Expressing sorrow or regret, especially in a wry or humorous way
Adjective
▲
Expressing sorrow or regret, especially in a wry or humorous way
regretful
sorry
remorseful
contrite
repentant
sad
apologetic
penitent
sorrowful
melancholy
mournful
woeful
dismal
compunctious
conscience-stricken
grievous
lugubrious
pitiful
plaintive
self-reproachful
shamefaced
sheepish
woebegone
doleful
hangdog
pitiable
ashamed
deplorable
guilt-ridden
guilty
chastened
attritional
penitential
full of regret
in sackcloth and ashes
red-faced
abashed
shamed
atoning
abject
propitiatory
distressed
mortified
embarrassed
discomfited
afraid
uncomfortable
humble
deprecatory
humiliated
disappointed
supplicating
self-incriminating
chagrined
on one's knees
humbled
awkward
self-condemnatory
penitentiary
disturbed
troubled
appeasing
unhappy
bad
awful
self-accusing
disgraced
repenting
repining
conciliatory
explanatory
self-effacing
diffident
expiatory
with one's tail between one's legs
upset
shy
flustered
self-conscious
blushing
bashful
prudish
crestfallen
discountenanced
debased
meek
deterred
stuttering
disconcerted
distraught
submissive
reserved
restrained
muddled
stammering
demeaned
blush to think of
degraded
dishonored
US
dishonoured
UK
discredited
shown up
flushed
cheap
in disgrace
abased
cheapened
terrible
rotten
stigmatized
US
modest
timid
coy
stigmatised
UK
reddening
flushing
put to shame
made to eat humble pie
put down
unsettled
thrown
uneasy
turning red
blushful
discomposed
sweating
nervous
hot and bothered
put out of countenance
shown-up
ill at ease
insignificant
diminished
caught with egg on your face
not know where to put yourself
stupid
tarred and feathered
foolish
whipped
chastised
disdained
derided
low
deflated
condemned
belittled
small
disparaged
shunned
crushed
reviled
scorned
mocked
inferior
fallen
castigated
with egg on one's face
wishing the earth would swallow one up
more ❯
“The island's startling natural beauty can be a
rueful
reminder of what once was, up and down the Caribbean archipelago.”
Adjective
▲
Suggestive 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
weeping
bitter
deploring
lugubrious
plaintive
aching
regretful
sad
miserable
wretched
disconsolate
grief-stricken
unhappy
desolate
distressed
melancholy
forlorn
woebegone
dejected
depressed
despondent
despairing
down
broken-hearted
brokenhearted
tearful
heartsick
downcast
downhearted
inconsolable
crestfallen
blue
gloomy
upset
down in the mouth
down in the dumps
saddened
tormented
heartsore
melancholic
grievous
afflicted
heavy-hearted
glum
sorrowing
cheerless
heavyhearted
troubled
joyless
low-spirited
tortured
dismal
weepy
teary
in pain
suffering
painful
morose
low
cast down
distraught
lachrymose
disheartened
devastated
wistful
wounded
pensive
piteous
discouraged
disappointed
pitiful
sombre
UK
demoralized
US
lamenting
sullen
bereaved
heavy
droopy
hangdog
dispirited
somber
US
elegiac
aggrieved
emotional
angst-ridden
hurt
dolent
demoralised
UK
bad
in tears
cut up
heart-rending
sobbing
pained
perturbed
bothered
crying
distressing
traumatized
US
grieved
nostalgic
blubbering
harrowing
concerned
harrowed
anxious
mourning
traumatised
UK
deplorable
discombobulated
uptight
calamitous
crushed
shook
bugged
heartrending
tristful
down-hearted
antsy
blubbing
funereal
ruthful
sniveling
US
hurting
bawling
howling
broken
snivelling
UK
shook up
out of sorts
solemn
all torn up
in the dumps
racked with pain
racked with suffering
in mourning
in sorrow
spiritless
full of sorrow
heavy with grief
bummed out
displeased
racked
worried
pathetic
disturbed
burned
sore
contused
bleeding
dire
regrettable
afflictive
dolorific
in doldrums
in grief
grousing
cranky
crabby
grumpy
bellyaching
beefing
saddening
cantankerous
in distress
whimpering
bowed down
troubling
tear-jerking
affecting
in anguish
dreary
sick at heart
singing the blues
greeting
down in dumps
gray
US
moody
crummy
destroyed
cast-down
down and out
languorous
in the pits
grey
UK
triste
listless
elegiacal
languid
comfortless
pessimistic
sulky
saturnine
uneasy
larmoyant
shaken
disconcerted
vexed
ruffled
disquieted
unnerved
agitated
discomposed
blubbery
pitiable
close to tears
watery
wet
moist
on the verge of tears
longing
overwhelmed
harassed
flustered
irked
aflutter
wrecked
discountenanced
plagued
yearning
reflective
dreamy
haunted
spooked
gutted
meditative
contemplative
musing
dreaming
jumpy
unglued
persecuted
thoughtful
strung out
in a tizzy
overcome with sorrow
in a stew
daydreaming
hopeless
desirous
wishful
in a reverie
tragic
afflicting
threnodic
mirthless
dirge-like
bereft
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Expressing sorrow or regret, especially in a wry or humorous way
sorry
pathetic
miserable
piteous
pitiful
heartbreaking
wretched
pitiable
poor
heartrending
sad
woeful
dismal
cheerless
comfortless
abject
mournful
distressing
joyless
doleful
sorrowful
forlorn
lamentable
unhappy
tragic
bleak
gloomy
dreary
sombre
UK
somber
US
morose
distressed
drear
dire
afflicted
depressing
grim
grievous
harrowing
deplorable
drab
dark
melancholy
solemn
disheartening
funereal
glum
moving
depressive
dolorous
sullen
affecting
tearful
unfortunate
desolate
heart-rending
disconsolate
depressed
melancholic
saddening
hopeless
touching
poignant
gut-wrenching
uncomfortable
lugubrious
black
lonesome
elegiacal
worthless
dejected
distressful
dispiriting
woebegone
low
uninviting
spiritless
cold
crestfallen
oppressive
despondent
dingy
godforsaken
dejecting
terrible
morbid
blue
lonely
mourning
sepulchral
saturnine
tenebrific
plutonian
tenebrous
dreich
sunless
elegiac
plaintive
Cimmerian
cast down
down-and-out
dull
upsetting
base
stirring
suffering
vile
scurvy
discouraging
drearisome
contemptible
shabby
dreadful
austere
unwelcoming
unpleasant
dour
gray
US
dim
bare
inhospitable
stark
lousy
to be pitied
chill
murky
bland
grey
UK
darkening
clinical
bad
draggy
mopey
impersonal
cloudy
disgraceful
wintery
UK
institutional
teary
wintry
US
jarring
in the dumps
paltry
mean
beggarly
hapless
despicable
arousing
compassionate
commiserative
traumatic
disturbing
inadequate
disquieting
agonizing
US
painful
regrettable
ruthful
dispirited
mirthless
mortifying
disappointing
commiserable
agonising
UK
tear-jerking
horrific
derisible
foul
meager
US
meagre
UK
awful
appalling
frightful
horrible
horrendous
shoddy
calamitous
shameful
execrable
rotten
inferior
derisory
merciful
insignificant
cheap
sober
melting
tender
disconcerting
unnerving
discomforting
useless
puny
petty
beseeching
ruined
supplicating
imploring
entreating
horrid
unlucky
humourless
UK
humorless
US
small
luckless
squalid
sordid
unpromising
heart-breaking
trashy
disagreeable
filthy
indigent
scungy
impoverished
destitute
displeasing
detestable
misfortunate
ill-fated
lame
ill-starred
poverty-stricken
mediocre
bitter
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
difficult
excruciating
shocking
troublesome
crushing
dolesome
inept
crummy
godawful
diabolical
unsatisfactory
rubbish
foolish-looking
disastrous
catastrophic
abominable
silly
ridiculous
god-awful
odious
direful
absurd
egregious
hideous
ghastly
atrocious
ludicrous
beastly
abysmal
laughable
second-rate
cataclysmic
third-rate
sucky
vexatious
discomposing
plangent
lachrymose
horrifying
pensive
heart-wrenching
downcast
heartbroken
down
downhearted
inconsolable
sorrowing
anguished
grieving
devastated
despairing
saddened
brokenhearted
heavyhearted
droopy
heartsick
hangdog
heartsore
choked
gutted
powerless
helpless
bummed
hurting
downtrodden
sour
broken-hearted
grief-stricken
low-spirited
cut up
in the pits
down in the mouth
long-faced
down in the dumps
chap-fallen
substandard
low-grade
unacceptable
rubbishy
grotty
two-bit
imperfect
deficient
second-class
duff
ropy
below par
low-rent
common
below standard
tawdry
low-quality
pants
junky
middling
nasty
subpar
ordinary
average
junk
offensive
lemon
poxy
insufficient
dissatisfactory
crude
under par
suboptimal
cruddy
poorer
a load of pants
tatty
bargain-basement
wanting
schlocky
sub-par
indifferent
distasteful
below average
bush-league
dime-a-dozen
intolerable
undesirable
reprehensible
hack
déclassé
coarse
objectionable
bum
loathsome
revolting
poor-quality
good-for-nothing
not up to much
not up to snuff
repugnant
faulty
ignominious
afflictive
schlock
punk
unwelcome
tinny
tacky
abhorrent
grubby
ratty
tragical
cheapjack
dodgy
unfavourable
UK
gruesome
unfavorable
US
defective
unsound
el cheapo
unpalatable
dishonorable
US
low-end
the pits
grave
dishonourable
UK
measly
sickening
sleazy
downmarket
repulsive
galling
stinking
disgusting
flawed
pedestrian
subnormal
unexceptional
trumpery
repellent
gimcrack
tenth-rate
dirty
cut-rate
tinhorn
not up to scratch
harsh
leaving much to be desired
severe
cruel
wrong
heinous
monstrous
jerry-built
ignoble
God-awful
inauspicious
cheesy
insufferable
nightmarish
crumby
wack
worrying
unsavory
US
obnoxious
blameworthy
gross
unsavoury
UK
less-than-stellar
feeble
cheap and nasty
no great shakes
not up to par
scabby
scummy
sneaking
unbearable
dismaying
hard
chronic
yucky
yukky
very bad
grisly
troubling
discreditable
disreputable
unworthy
tough
hateful
negligible
wicked
unspeakable
indefensible
lurid
frightening
irksome
torturous
bodger
off
worse
bush
cheapo
tormenting
adverse
rough
afflicting
macabre
garbage
hurtful
annoying
naff
repellant
icky
chilling
half-pie
nauseating
damnable
unpleasing
uncongenial
impressive
cheapie
unpropitious
tattered
beyond the pale
not much cop
run-down
emotive
entry-level
bottom-rung
a dime a dozen
twopenny-halfpenny
beyond contempt
emotional
ill-advised
heart-warming
inexcusable
scandalous
ruinous
impactful
devastating
opprobrious
inglorious
too bad
dissatisfying
downer
bummer
fair
weak
insupportable
seedy
undistinguished
heavy
tortured
commonplace
menial
unsuitable
lacking
trifling
ill
dinky
degrading
impermissible
inappropriate
inadmissible
stressful
meretricious
snide
currish
daunting
perturbing
trying
unkind
mingy
piddling
destructive
scrubby
valueless
forbidding
villainous
dud
insubstantial
reject
piss-poor
unlovely
frustrating
irritating
vexing
hostile
parlous
exacting
shadowy
unappealing
not up to standard
grungy
grody
hellacious
shady
from hunger
weak sauce
kitsch
scroungy
off-putting
troubled
foreboding
scurrilous
stinky
irremediable
poor quality
low-down
pinchbeck
Brummagem
brassy
rancid
not good enough
sinister
low-minded
raunchy
hellish
two a penny
of a sort
rinky-dink
dime-store
ominous
unpopular
undesired
wet
bungling
untoward
regretful
inopportune
brackish
unappetizing
disillusioning
fatal
wanky
warming
worrisome
degenerate
deadly
powerful
ropey
despisable
disdainable
tinpot
disenchanting
unsettling
end-of-the-pier
cowardly
evocative
a pity
agitating
telling
soul-stirring
uplifting
so-so
piffling
poorly
hateworthy
hairy
fraught
sedate
troublous
unendurable
unsought
unwanted
testing
alarming
sentimental
cataclysmal
blah
overwhelming
poopy
unforgivable
disgustful
rebarbative
loathly
swinish
outcast
crass
amiss
thin
damaged
uncool
awkward
ugly
nauseous
unseemly
second-best
cheap-jack
outrageous
preposterous
senseless
not good
erroneous
not the best
diddly
bad news
fallacious
lethal
mortal
irritable
bewildering
wistful
stunning
mind-blowing
sympathetic
responsive
unearthly
run-of-the-mine
passable
medium
run-of-the-mill
run-of-mine
concerning
strictly for the birds
improper
exceptionable
unpardonable
unconscionable
sinful
foolish
deathly
fateful
off-color
amateurish
unimpressive
heartwarming
affective
haunting
no good
second class
nerve-racking
nail-biting
extremely bad
nerve-wracking
unprincipled
outclassed
uninspiring
bog-standard
uninspired
mephitical
perplexing
aggravating
revulsive
unamusing
eerie
anticlimactic
dubious
unreasonable
questionable
immoral
iniquitous
unscrupulous
for the birds
leaving a lot to be desired
condemnable
out
ghostly
terrifying
gory
grotesque
inacceptable
unjustifiable
emotionally moving
dilapidated
fearsome
not cricket
won't do
half-baked
of low quality
out of order
not on
second rate
of poor quality
over the fence
not quite the done thing
agonized
US
criminal
fair to middling
terrific
pitiless
grewsome
nightmare
slummy
racked
agonised
UK
slimy
infamous
caitiff
insalubrious
unfriendly
hard-pressed
harmful
doubtful
treacherous
injurious
negative
pressing
precarious
exigent
jeopardous
apocalyptic
rocky
straitened
discommodious
perilous
dangerous
full of hardship
threatening
strained
ill-omened
ill-boding
messy
weird
spooky
spookish
scary
arousing affect
acid
sharp
rank
tart
shifty
fierce
ruthless
savage
unhealthy
sick
unrelenting
burdensome
searing
murderous
onerous
relentless
stiff
brutal
hardhanded
merciless
inhuman
rugged
ferocious
beneath contempt
low-life
below contempt
no-good
dirty rotten
death-obsessed
great
sore
remorseless
mangy
intemperate
intense
rigorous
inclement
provoking
broken-down
desperate
run down
taxing
down at heel
hard-hearted
scruffy
unforgiving
scuzzy
lesser
scanty
stingy
ungenerous
insipid
not enough
miserly
tiny
shoestring
fractional
unconsiderable
nominal
trivial
exiguous
inconsiderable
limited
ramshackle
minor
lowly
bedraggled
worn-out
unkempt
decrepit
untidy
threadbare
rickety
neglected
dumpy
bombed-out
tumbledown
moth-eaten
beat-up
dog-eared
tatterdemalion
down-at-the-heels
down-at-heel
rundown
timeworn
humble
unpretentious
secondary
subordinate
unimportant
junior
subservient
unassuming
low-ranking
subsidiary
second-string
ancillary
second-fiddle
smaller
demeaning
little
reduced
bottom
slighter
servile
plebeian
lower
lower-ranking
humdrum
craptacular
minor-league
lower in status
undersized
lower in rank
small-fry
small-time
third-string
low-born
subjacent
second-banana
beneath someone
under someone's heel
not very important
back seat
less important
below someone
lower-class
not so important
more ❯
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