saddest
Maximally down emotionally
Saddest is the superlative form of sad—the most unhappy or sorrowful.
It was the saddest day of my life.
The word often appears in hyperbolic or melodramatic contexts: That's the saddest thing I've ever heard.
Something can be sad in the sense of pathetic or inadequate: the saddest excuse for a pizza I've ever seen.
Subdued, lasting sadness
- sorrowfulFilled with grief
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- grief-strickenOverwhelmed by profound loss
inconsolable · devastated · miserable · dejected · crestfallen · downcast · glum · morose
Dreary and without cheer
- lonelyWanting companionship
- isolatedSeparated from others
- forsakenCompletely abandoned or discarded
- abandonedLeft behind completely
empty · barren · derelict · forlorn · solitary · dreary · dismal · stark
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
heartache · tears · grieving · suffering · tragedy · death · funeral · eulogy
Provoking strong sadness
- heartrendingCausing overwhelming grief
- gut-wrenchingCausing intense emotional anguish
- affectingEmotionally moving
- movingEmotionally affecting
touching · bittersweet · wistful · nostalgic · plaintive · elegiac · mournful · tender
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
- sorrowfulFilled with grief
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
grief-stricken · inconsolable · devastated · miserable · dejected · crestfallen · downcast · glum · morose · forlorn
bleak
Dreary and without cheer
abandoned · empty · barren · derelict · forlorn · solitary · dreary · dismal · stark · cheerless
mourning
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- anguishIntense mental suffering
lamentation · heartache · tears · grieving · suffering · tragedy · death · funeral · eulogy · remembrance
tearjerking
Provoking strong sadness
- heartrendingCausing overwhelming grief
- gut-wrenchingCausing intense emotional anguish
- affectingEmotionally moving
moving · touching · bittersweet · wistful · nostalgic · plaintive · elegiac · mournful · tender · emotional
- extremesbest, worst, biggest, smallest, highest
- comparisoncomparative, contrast, superlative, matching, positive