saddened
Brought low emotionally
Saddened is the past tense of sadden, meaning to make or become sad.
Something that saddens you causes grief or disappointment: I was saddened to hear about your loss.
The word often appears in formal expressions of sympathy or regret: We are deeply saddened by this tragedy.
Sadly longing for something
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- nostalgicLonging for the past
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- somberGravely serious in mood
forlorn · doleful · mournful · sorrowful · heavy-hearted · gloomy · morose · plaintive
Deprived by death
- mourningPeriod following loss
- lossBeing without something
- funeralService honoring the dead
- condolencesExpressions of grief support
memorial · eulogy · remembrance · wake · shiva · inconsolable · widow · orphan
Having lost confidence or enthusiasm
- dispiritedHaving lost heart
- downcastSad or despondent
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
- demoralizedStripped of confidence
dismayed · downhearted · deflated · disappointed · disillusioned · defeated · crushed · pessimistic
Feeling guilt for wrongdoing
- guiltyResponsible for wrongdoing
- contriteFeeling guilt over misdeeds
- repentantFeeling sorrow for misdeeds
- ashamedFeeling guilt and disgrace
sorry · rueful · penitent · apologetic · self-reproach · compunction · chagrin · pangs
wistful
Sadly longing for something
somber · forlorn · doleful · mournful · sorrowful · heavy-hearted · gloomy · morose · plaintive · blue
bereaved
Deprived by death
condolences · memorial · eulogy · remembrance · wake · shiva · inconsolable · widow · orphan · obituary
discouraged
Having lost confidence or enthusiasm
- dispiritedHaving lost heart
- downcastSad or despondent
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
demoralized · dismayed · downhearted · deflated · disappointed · disillusioned · defeated · crushed · pessimistic · hopeless
remorseful
Feeling guilt for wrongdoing
- guiltyResponsible for wrongdoing
- contriteFeeling guilt over misdeeds
- repentantFeeling sorrow for misdeeds
ashamed · sorry · rueful · penitent · apologetic · self-reproach · compunction · chagrin · pangs · conscience-stricken