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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
humiliated
disappointed
chagrined
deprecatory
supplicating
self-incriminating
humbled
on one's knees
awkward
self-condemnatory
penitentiary
disturbed
troubled
appeasing
unhappy
repenting
bad
awful
self-accusing
disgraced
repining
with one's tail between one's legs
upset
shy
flustered
self-conscious
blushing
bashful
prudish
crestfallen
conciliatory
explanatory
diffident
expiatory
discountenanced
debased
meek
deterred
stuttering
disconcerted
distraught
submissive
reserved
restrained
muddled
stammering
demeaned
self-effacing
blush to think of
degraded
dishonored
US
dishonoured
UK
discredited
flushed
cheap
shown up
in disgrace
terrible
abased
cheapened
rotten
stigmatized
US
sweating
stigmatised
UK
unsettled
thrown
uneasy
hot and bothered
discomposed
put to shame
nervous
made to eat humble pie
put down
modest
timid
coy
put out of countenance
shown-up
ill at ease
reddening
flushing
caught with egg on your face
not know where to put yourself
blushful
with egg on one's face
wishing the earth would swallow one up
insignificant
diminished
turning red
stupid
tarred and feathered
foolish
whipped
chastised
disdained
derided
low
deflated
condemned
belittled
small
disparaged
shunned
crushed
reviled
scorned
mocked
inferior
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 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
wretched
miserable
disconsolate
unhappy
distressed
desolate
melancholy
forlorn
woebegone
grief-stricken
dejected
depressed
despondent
gloomy
crestfallen
blue
tearful
despairing
melancholic
cheerless
brokenhearted
down
glum
joyless
broken-hearted
heartsick
downcast
afflicted
downhearted
inconsolable
morose
dismal
piteous
sombre
UK
somber
US
sullen
cast down
down in the mouth
saddened
teary
down in the dumps
heartsore
upset
heartrending
sorrowing
pathetic
solemn
heavyhearted
mourning
tormented
elegiac
spiritless
low-spirited
grievous
dreary
funereal
pitiful
comfortless
heavy-hearted
troubled
heartbreaking
low
elegiacal
devastated
bleak
suffering
tortured
weepy
in the dumps
painful
in pain
abject
depressive
droopy
hangdog
dire
drear
dispirited
cut up
gray
US
lonesome
lonely
grey
UK
saturnine
distraught
dark
down-and-out
grim
depressing
dull
lachrymose
wistful
disheartened
wounded
drab
lamenting
discouraged
disappointed
drearisome
uninviting
demoralized
US
heavy
pitiable
bereaved
austere
unwelcoming
angst-ridden
calamitous
aggrieved
emotional
disheartening
dour
dim
dingy
bare
dispiriting
cold
inhospitable
stark
godforsaken
morbid
hurt
dolent
black
chill
murky
tenebrific
bland
sepulchral
darkening
oppressive
plutonian
tenebrous
demoralised
UK
hurting
clinical
bad
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
poor
concerned
hopeless
tragic
harrowed
traumatised
UK
pensive
deplorable
discombobulated
uptight
out of sorts
crushed
shook
bugged
tristful
down-hearted
mirthless
antsy
heavy with grief
blubbing
gutted
ruthful
racked with pain
racked with suffering
sniveling
US
bawling
howling
broken
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
bowed down
troubling
tear-jerking
affecting
sick at heart
singing the blues
worthless
greeting
down in dumps
moody
crummy
destroyed
cast-down
down and out
languorous
triste
listless
languid
pessimistic
sulky
uneasy
choked
nostalgic
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
overwhelmed
harassed
flustered
irked
aflutter
wrecked
discountenanced
plagued
long-faced
chap-fallen
haunted
spooked
jumpy
unglued
persecuted
strung out
in a tizzy
overcome with sorrow
in a stew
afflicting
threnodic
dirge-like
bereft
agonizing
US
desperate
overcome
agonising
UK
oppressed
resigned
mortified
defeatist
fearful
in despair
foreboding
suicidal
unfortunate
weary
in low spirits
sunk
negative
long-suffering
shot down
at the end of your tether
fed up
excruciating
tormenting
awkward
guilty
remorseful
shattered
fraught
grave
pain-filled
very sad
severe
forbidding
stony
chapfallen
dreadful
sorry for yourself
luckless
bearish
downbeat
sinister
at wits' end
down-in-the-mouth
strained
discontented
discouraging
doomed
sick as a parrot
crabby
languished
having blue devils
dysphoric
down in mouth
having the blahs
awful
ailing
traumatic
upsetting
distressful
unmitigable
moving
horrible
ominous
tragical
unlucky
stirring
careworn
on a downer
up the creek
without hope
atrocious
guilt-ridden
disastrous
catastrophic
cruel
unpleasant
disappointing
ground down
anxiety-ridden
frantic
obsessed
preoccupied
worn down
hag-ridden
no-win
strabilious
cynical
can't win
weighed down
worn out
in the soup
not a prayer
bedevilled
UK
beleaguered
at end of one's rope
pining
lorn
companionless
frightened
terrified
bedeviled
US
in a blue funk
preyed upon
visited by
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Adjective
▲
Expressing sorrow or regret, especially in a wry or humorous way
sorry
pathetic
miserable
piteous
pitiful
heartbreaking
wretched
pitiable
poor
heartrending
sad
dismal
distressing
woeful
lamentable
tragic
harrowing
grievous
cheerless
doleful
joyless
mournful
unfortunate
comfortless
sorrowful
deplorable
depressing
poignant
dreary
unhappy
heart-rending
distressful
gut-wrenching
dire
abject
hopeless
forlorn
saddening
upsetting
moving
grim
melancholy
bleak
disheartening
gloomy
sombre
UK
drab
somber
US
discouraging
tearful
morose
drear
affecting
dreadful
funereal
terrible
disturbing
traumatic
regrettable
painful
afflicted
agonizing
US
touching
desolate
ruthful
depressive
appalling
disappointing
glum
dolorous
disquieting
dark
plaintive
unpleasant
agonising
UK
bad
unlucky
difficult
bitter
distressed
troublesome
shocking
dispiriting
excruciating
suffering
oppressive
melancholic
low
disconsolate
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
crushing
discomforting
stirring
vexatious
dejecting
dispirited
mirthless
dolesome
discomposing
unnerving
sullen
solemn
uncomfortable
cold
horrific
mortifying
lachrymose
lugubrious
foul
tear-jerking
to be pitied
heart-wrenching
awful
frightful
horrible
horrendous
contemptible
black
shoddy
disgraceful
shameful
execrable
rotten
inferior
lousy
derisory
heart-breaking
luckless
base
sober
hapless
disconcerting
depressed
misfortunate
ill-fated
teary
ill-starred
dingy
plangent
horrifying
derisible
pensive
horrid
beseeching
ruined
imploring
commiserable
entreating
humourless
UK
humorless
US
squalid
godforsaken
mediocre
despicable
uninviting
sordid
unpromising
vile
trashy
disagreeable
morbid
filthy
indigent
scungy
dreich
impoverished
destitute
sepulchral
displeasing
detestable
scurvy
saturnine
inept
crummy
godawful
diabolical
lonesome
sunless
tenebrific
elegiac
plutonian
elegiacal
tenebrous
unsatisfactory
rubbish
inadequate
shabby
foolish-looking
disastrous
catastrophic
abominable
silly
ridiculous
god-awful
odious
calamitous
direful
absurd
egregious
hideous
ghastly
atrocious
ludicrous
beastly
abysmal
laughable
second-rate
cataclysmic
third-rate
sucky
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
unwelcome
unacceptable
objectionable
undesirable
forbidding
harsh
unfavourable
UK
severe
unfavorable
US
gruesome
inauspicious
abhorrent
intolerable
nightmarish
reprehensible
irksome
serious
desperate
monstrous
macabre
loathsome
adverse
ignominious
distasteful
ruinous
cruel
unspeakable
very bad
annoying
unpalatable
blameworthy
fearful
mean
unpropitious
heinous
daunting
sickening
chronic
grisly
scandalous
torturous
unbearable
offensive
concerning
lurid
devastating
ominous
terrifying
repugnant
parlous
dismaying
unwanted
irritating
ill-advised
fearsome
scary
dread
despairing
negative
anguished
intimidating
repellent
formidable
redoubtable
uncongenial
unpleasing
foreboding
dirty
outrageous
galling
vexing
inexcusable
austere
troubled
terrific
too bad
substandard
extreme
destructive
cheap
cruddy
spine-chilling
hair-raising
hairy
ugly
insufferable
sedate
punk
unappealing
stinking
disgusting
God-awful
pessimistic
indefensible
unpopular
tough
unwished-for
despondent
downbeat
hard
unjustifiable
dangerous
wrong
discreditable
unsavory
US
opprobrious
undesired
icky
yukky
sour
yucky
hostile
blue
unlovely
defeatist
dejected
obnoxious
aggravating
unkind
demoralized
US
repellant
unsavoury
UK
exacting
off-putting
exceptionable
frustrating
tortured
demoralised
UK
gray
US
sinister
grey
UK
hateful
dreaded
vicious
inconvenient
petrifying
excessive
haunting
fatal
unenviable
monumental
unforgivable
deadly
fateful
desolating
revolting
senseless
inglorious
preposterous
lethal
repulsive
mortal
unpardonable
unconscionable
nauseating
unendurable
fraught
gross
regretful
inopportune
uncool
grotty
grody
awkward
hellacious
nauseous
deathly
iniquitous
insupportable
infelicitous
testing
disillusioning
heavy
grubby
scummy
lame
sneaking
ratty
scabby
paltry
terribly bad
cynical
grieving
criminal
a pity
meagre
UK
irritable
bewildering
sorrowing
hurting
meager
US
evil
agonized
US
disenchanting
mephitical
hellish
perplexing
revulsive
unamusing
racked
agonised
UK
extremely bad
cataclysmal
gloom-ridden
overwhelming
trying
taxing
maddening
beyond contempt
unforgiving
dissatisfying
fatalistic
infuriating
exasperating
dim
anticlimactic
useless
junky
rubbishy
pesky
sobbing
wistful
nostalgic
duff
schlocky
gimcrack
unsound
poxy
cheesy
common
schlock
dissatisfactory
coarse
trumpery
suspicious
alarmist
distrustful
doubting
unenthusiastic
Eeyorish
chilly
sleazy
pants
cheapjack
bum
impaired
amiss
defective
incompetent
regretting
a load of pants
low-grade
downhearted
wicked
rejected
untoward
woebegone
helpless
oppressed
straitened
dour
unfriendly
hard-pressed
inhospitable
shadowy
discommodious
harmful
perilous
full of hardship
doubtful
threatening
strained
ill-omened
treacherous
ill-boding
injurious
chilling
pressing
precarious
exigent
messy
jeopardous
apocalyptic
rocky
cut-rate
low-rent
infamous
unworthy
disreputable
upset
pained
bearish
heartbroken
disheartened
downcast
excluded
bargain-basement
resigned
weary
doomed
brokenhearted
culpable
dishonourable
UK
improper
not wanted
ill-favored
US
ill-favoured
UK
unwished for
inadmissible
unmitigable
in pain
in despair
broken-hearted
up the creek
long-suffering
grief-stricken
without hope
sunk
inconsolable
el cheapo
degrading
shady
shy
unrespectable
ignoble
louche
dishonorable
US
notorious
humiliating
remiss
unprincipled
lamenting
critical
bodeful
fierce
irretrievable
oppressing
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