All saddening synonyms
sad·den
S s adj saddening
- nagging — continually faultfinding, complaining, or petulant: a nagging parent.
- dispiriting — to deprive of spirit, hope, enthusiasm, etc.; depress; discourage; dishearten.
- down in the dumps — If you are down in the dumps, you are feeling very depressed and miserable.
- gloomy — dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
- heart-rending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- depressing — Something that is depressing makes you feel sad and disappointed.
- depressive — Depressive means relating to depression or to being depressed.
- mopey — languishing, listless, droopy, or glum.
- beefing — the flesh of a cow, steer, or bull raised and killed for its meat.
- down and out — downward; going or directed downward: the down escalator.
- mopier — mopey.
- grousing — to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- mirthless — gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter: the excitement and mirth of the holiday season.
- painful — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
- melancholy — sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
adjective saddening
- acherontic — Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund.
- joyless — without joy or gladness; unhappy: the joyless days of the war.