saddens
Causes spirits to sink
Saddens means to make sad or to become sad.
Something saddens you when it causes feelings of sorrow or disappointment: It saddens me to see the old neighborhood so run-down.
The word often appears in formal or written contexts where "makes sad" might sound too plain.
Feels deep sorrow
- sorrowsFeelings of profound distress
- dismaysUpsets with dread
- distressesCauses suffering or anxiety
- troublesDistressing difficulties
disheartens · dispirits · discourages · disappoints · upsets · depresses · dampens · pains
Robs by death
- mourningPeriod following loss
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- condolenceExpression of shared grief
remembrance · farewell · parting · absence · longing · yearning · emptiness · loneliness
Sadly longing for something
- nostalgicLonging for the past
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
- melancholicInclined toward reflective sorrow
somber · plaintive · bittersweet · longing · memories · regretful · contemplative · elegiac
Destroys false beliefs
- discouragesLessens motivation to act
- demoralizesDestroys confidence or hope
- deflatesReleases air from
- defeatsOvercomes or bests
frustrates · disenchants · letdown · chagrin · regret · remorse · resignation · dissatisfaction
grieves
Feels deep sorrow
- sorrowsFeelings of profound distress
- dismaysUpsets with dread
- distressesCauses suffering or anxiety
troubles · disheartens · dispirits · discourages · disappoints · upsets · depresses · dampens · pains · hurts
bereaves
Robs by death
- mourningPeriod following loss
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
condolence · remembrance · farewell · parting · absence · longing · yearning · emptiness · loneliness · funeral
wistful
Sadly longing for something
- nostalgicLonging for the past
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
melancholic · somber · plaintive · bittersweet · longing · memories · regretful · contemplative · elegiac · musing
disillusions
Destroys false beliefs
- discouragesLessens motivation to act
- demoralizesDestroys confidence or hope
- deflatesReleases air from
defeats · frustrates · disenchants · letdown · chagrin · regret · remorse · resignation · dissatisfaction · displeasure
- let downdisappoints, fails, betrays, abandons, deflates