Synonyms of down
89 similar words · 5 opposite words
Another word for down is downer. Other synonyms of down are miserable, sorrowful, atrabiliary, atrabilious and blitheless. The opposite of down is backwards.
Synonyms and similar words for down
adjectiveSad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- miserableIn a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.
- sorrowfulExhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person).
- atrabiliary
- atrabilious
- blithelessWithout happiness or joy; unjoyful; sorrowful; sad.
- dispiritedWithout energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.
- blueDepressed, melancholic, sad.
- bummed outDepressed, disappointed, in a gloomy mood.
- chapfallenCrestfallen, dejected.
- cheerlessDevoid of cheer; gloomy.
- chopfallenSynonym of chapfallen.
- crestfallen
- cut up Australia, UKEmotionally upset; mentally distressed.
- damp figuratively
- dejectedSad and dispirited.
- depressedUnhappy; despondent.
- despondentIn low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
- disgruntledIn a dissatisfied, frustrated, or upset mood; in a bad temper or ill humour.
- disconsolateSeemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.
- disheartenedDiscouraged, despairing.
- dismalDepressing, dreary, cheerless.
- dolefulFilled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness.
- dolesomeCharacterised or marked by sorrow and grief; doleful; dismal; gloomy.
- down in the dumpsSad; lacking engagement or enthusiasm.
- down in the mouthSad or discouraged, especially as indicated by one's facial appearance.
- downcastOf a person: feeling despondent or discouraged.
- downheartedSad, discouraged, in low spirits, unhappy, having no hope.
- downsomeLow-spirited; melancholy.
- dullBored, depressed, down.
- elegiacExpressing sorrow or mourning.
- elegiousMelancholy, miserable, plaintive.
- forlornPitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.
- gloomySuffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.
- glumDespondent; moody; sullen.
- grief-strickenVery sad.
- grievingFeeling or showing sorrow or distress due to loss, especially the death of someone.
- heavy-heartedSad, melancholic.
- heartsoreHeartsick.
- heartsickVery despondent or sorrowful; heartsore.
- inconsolableNot consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress.
- infelicitous
- jawfallenDejected, dispirited.
- joylessWithout joy; unhappy, sad.
- lachrymoseTearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
- lowDepressed in mood, dejected, sad.
- low-spiritedDisheartened, feeling low, in low spirits.
- lugubriousGloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
- melancholicFilled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
- melancholyAffected with great sadness or depression.
- moodySulky or depressed.
- mopeyGiven to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits; lackadaisical.
- moroseSullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.
- mournfulFilled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
- plaintiveSounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
- PlutonianOf, relating to, or having characteristics associated with the underworld; dark, gloomy; mournful.
- PlutonicSynonym of Plutonian (“of, relating to, or having characteristics associated with the underworld; dark, gloomy...
- querulousOften complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.
- ruthfulFull of sorrow; sorrowful; woeful; rueful.
- sad
- saddened
- saturnineOf a person: having a tendency to be cold and gloomy.
- shatteredEmotionally defeated or dispirited.
- solemn
- sombreMelancholic, gloomy, dreary, dismal; grim.
- sorrow-riddenFilled with sorrow or sorrows.
- sorrowsomeMarked by sorrow; sad; dreary; sorrowful.
- spiritlessLacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated.
- sullenGloomy; dismal; foreboding.
- threneticSorrowful; mournful.
- threneticalThrenetic.
- uncheerfulNot cheerful.
- uncheeryNot cheery; gloomy, pessimistic.
- unconsolableSynonym of inconsolable.
- unhappyNot happy; sad.
- unlivelyNot lively.
- wistfulSad and thoughtful.
- woebegoneOf a person: deeply affected or overwhelmed by suffering or trouble, and so filled with woe (“great distress or...
- woefulFull of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
- wretchedCharacterized by or feeling deep affliction or distress; very miserable.
- lamentful rareReplete with lamentation; mournful.
- lumpish obsoleteMiserable, sad.
- passionate obsolete
- triste rareSad; sorrowful; gloomy.
- tristful archaicSad, melancholic.
- woe obsoleteWoeful; sorrowful.
adjectiveStranded in a recumbent position; unable to stand.
adjectiveComfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].
Opposite of down
adjectiveAt a lower level than before.
adverbAntonym(s) of “in crosswords”.
Meaning of down
- adverb From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- adverb To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
- adverb At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
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Questions about synonyms of down
- What is another word for down?
- Down has 89 synonyms on Word.ws, such as downer, miserable, sorrowful, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited and blue.
- What is the opposite of down?
- The opposite of down is backwards.
- What does down mean?
- Down means from a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
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