Thesaurus:be sad
English
Verb
Sense: to experience sadness
Synonyms
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- despair
- despond
- get a sad on (dated, UK, slang)
- mope
- pity [⇒ thesaurus]
- pout
- sadden [⇒ thesaurus]
- sigh
- sulk
- unhappy [⇒ thesaurus]
- wail
- weep [⇒ thesaurus]
Hypernyms
See also
- Thesaurus:lament (transitive verb)
- Thesaurus:sad (adjective)
- Thesaurus:sadden (transitive verb)
Further reading
- “837. dejection” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “be sad” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.