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JOYFUL Antonyms

There are 30 antonyms of the word joyful. (opposite meanings)
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sorrowful
adjectiveadj
adjective

• experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss

cheerless
adjectiveadj
adjective

• causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

crestfallen
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• brought low in spirit

dejected
adjectiveadj
adjective

• affected or marked by low spirits

depressed
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective satellite

• lower than previously

• flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces

• filled with melancholy and despondency

desolate
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• providing no shelter or sustenance

• crushed by grief

verb

• leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

• reduce in population

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

despondent
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• without or almost without hope

disheartened
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• made less hopeful or enthusiastic

dispirited
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm

• filled with melancholy and despondency

distressed
adjectiveadj
adjective

• generalized feeling of distress

adjective satellite

• facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty

• suffering severe physical strain or distress

• afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

dolorous
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• showing sorrow

dour
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• stubbornly unyielding

• harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

• showing a brooding ill humor

downcast
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine

adjective satellite

• directed downward

• filled with melancholy and despondency

downhearted
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• filled with melancholy and despondency

dreary
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise

• causing dejection

forlorn
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• marked by or showing hopelessness

gloomy
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• depressingly dark

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

grieving
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective satellite

• sorrowful through loss or deprivation

heartbroken
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• full of sorrow

lamenting
verbv
adjective satellite

• vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression

Alternatives for SORROWFUL

Alternatives for CHEERLESS

Alternatives for CRESTFALLEN

Alternatives for DEJECTED

Alternatives for DEPRESSED

Alternatives for DESOLATE

Alternatives for DESPONDENT

Alternatives for DISHEARTENED

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