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JOY Antonyms

There are 14 antonyms of the word joy. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For JOY

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sorrow
nounn
noun

• an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement

• sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment

• something that causes great unhappiness

• the state of being sad

verb

• feel grief

unhappiness
nounn
noun

• emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being

• state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief

anguish
nounn
noun

• extreme mental distress

• extreme distress of body or mind

verb

• suffer great pains or distress

• cause emotional anguish or make miserable

dejection
nounn
noun

• a state of melancholy depression

• solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels

despair
nounn
noun

• a state in which all hope is lost or absent

• the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well

verb

• abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart

grief
nounn
noun

• intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

• something that causes great unhappiness

lamentation
nounn
noun

• a cry of sorrow and grief

• the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief

melancholy
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a feeling of thoughtful sadness

• a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed

• a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy

adjective satellite

• characterized by or causing or expressing sadness

• grave or even gloomy in character

misery
nounn
noun

• a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

• a feeling of intense unhappiness

pain
nounn
noun

• a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

• emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid

• a somatic sensation of acute discomfort

• something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

verb

• cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

• cause emotional anguish or make miserable

sadness
nounn
noun

• emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being

• the state of being sad

• the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness

suffering
nounn
noun

• a state of acute pain

• misery resulting from affliction

• psychological suffering

• feelings of mental or physical pain

adjective satellite

• troubled by pain or loss

• very unhappy; full of misery

infelicity
nounn
noun

• inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)

joylessness
nounn
noun

• a feeling of dismal cheerlessness

Alternatives for SORROW

Alternatives for UNHAPPINESS

Alternatives for ANGUISH

Alternatives for DEJECTION

Alternatives for DESPAIR

Alternatives for GRIEF

Alternatives for LAMENTATION

Alternatives for MELANCHOLY

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