Words For Sadness And Despair

3 words in this vocabulary list

verb to make someone feel sad and dispirited

  • The team was deject after losing the championship game.
  • She looked deject when she didn't get the job she wanted.
  • I felt so deject when my crush didn't text me back.
  • The dark clouds seemed to deject the entire atmosphere of the party.

adjective having a dejected or gloomy look or manner

  • Despite their best efforts, the team's performance left the coach feeling glum.
  • When it started raining during the picnic, everyone's mood turned glum.
  • After failing the test, Sarah was feeling pretty glum.
  • The dark clouds overhead seemed to mirror Jim's glum mood.

adjective a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun, in this case 'fliserable' describes a feeling of extreme unhappiness or misery

  • The conditions in the refugee camp were truly miserable.
  • I feel so miserable after watching that sad movie.
  • I was feeling absolutely fliserable after failing my exam.
  • The team's performance in the match was so miserable that they lost by a huge margin.