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Synonyms of undelight

42 similar words

Another word for undelight is ill-being. Other synonyms of undelight are depression, misery, wrong, sorrow and grief.

Synonyms and similar words for undelight

nounThe condition or feeling of lacking delight; unhappiness or displeasure.

  • discontent
  • dissatisfaction
  • miseryGreat unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
  • sorrowUnhappiness, woe.
  • bluenessMelancholy.
  • tristesse literarySadness.
  • mirthlessLacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.
  • bluesA feeling of sadness or depression.
  • crestfallennessThe quality of being crestfallen.
  • dejectionA state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
  • depressionA state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future...
  • despondencyA feeling of depression or disheartenment.
  • distressA cause of such discomfort.
  • dolefulnessThe characteristic of being doleful; sadness.
  • downheartednessThe characteristic of being downhearted; sadness.
  • forlornnessThe state or characteristic of being forlorn; sadness; loneliness.
  • griefEmotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or...
  • ill-beingThe state of being ill, unhealthy, or unhappy; misery; miserableness.
  • infelicity
  • melancholiaDeep sadness or gloom; melancholy.
  • melancholyGreat sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
  • mourn literarySorrow, grief.
  • sadnessAn event in one's life that causes sadness.
  • sorrowfulnessThe quality or state of sorrow; sadness.
  • tristfulnessSadness; sorrow; melancholy.
  • unhappinessThe feeling of not being happy.
  • woeGreat sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness.
  • woefareDiscontentment; sorrow; unhappiness.
  • wretchednessAn unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
  • drearihead obsoleteSadness; dreariness.
  • heartsore rareHeartache, misery, grief.
  • mishappiness obsoleteUnhappiness; wretchedness; misery.
  • prosternation obsoleteDejection; depression.
  • regret obsolete
  • rue archaic, dialectalSorrow; repentance; regret.
  • ruth obsoleteMatter for regret or sorrow; calamity, ruin; also, occasion for regret or sorrow; (countable) an instance of this; a...

nounSomething unpleasant or displeasing.

  • hardshipA burden, a source of difficulty that could impose a barrier.
  • affliction
  • aggrievanceOppression; hardship; grievance.
  • grievanceSomething which causes grief.
  • vexationA source of mental distress or trouble; an affliction, a woe; also, a source of annoyance or irritation; an annoyance...
  • wrongAn instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).

Meaning of undelight

  1. noun The condition or feeling of lacking delight; unhappiness or displeasure.
  2. noun Something unpleasant or displeasing.

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Questions about synonyms of undelight

What is another word for undelight?
Undelight has 42 synonyms on Word.ws, such as ill-being, depression, misery, wrong, sorrow, grief, distress and sadness.
What does undelight mean?
Undelight means the condition or feeling of lacking delight; unhappiness or displeasure.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: undelight (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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