supersad

Beyond merely unhappy

Supersad is informal intensification of sad, common in casual speech and text: I'm supersad you can't make it to the party.

The prefix super- attaches freely to adjectives to amplify them, and supersad follows the pattern of superhappy, supercute, and countless others.

despair

hopeless

Beyond possibility of success

abyss · darkness · empty · void · meaningless · futile · lost · resigned · surrendered · despondent

melancholy

wistful

Sadly longing for something

longing · yearning · blue · downcast · heavy-hearted · somber · gloomy · doleful · mournful · tearful

devastated

shattered

Broken into fragments

wrecked · inconsolable · destroyed · broken · ruined · bereft · despairing · hopeless · desolate · distraught

slang

bummed

Casually disappointed or downcast

shattered · broken · crying · sobbing · bawling · tissues · tears · miserable · heartache · lovesick

grief

mourning

Period following loss

lamentation · keening · bereft · funereal · wake · condolences · eulogy · memorial · widow · orphaned

Opposites
emotional state intensity

supersadecstatic

Overwhelmed with joy

overjoyed · elated · thrilled · euphoric · blissful

Phrases
Family

superstar, supersonic, supersize, supersoft, supersafe, superstate, supersaturation, supersaturate

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G