Melancholy
Desolation
Synonyms Desolation, pensiveness, sorrow, unhappiness, depression, gloominess, low spirits, doldrums, pessimism, dispiritedness, the dumps, sadness, woe, melancholia, dejection, gloom, misery, moroseness, defeatism, dejectedness, despondency, and the blues.
Sad
Synonyms Sad, desolate, mournful, gloomy, despondent, depressed, down, downcast, glum, miserable, dismal, discouraged, in low spirits, blue, funereal, woebegone, wistful, joyless, low-spirited, defeatist, down in the dumps, morbid, sorrowful, melancholic, lugubrious, pensive, dejected, depressing, downhearted, disconsolate, sunk in gloom, wretched, dispirited, low, in the doldrums, morose, woeful, doleful, unhappy, heavy-hearted, sombre, pessimistic, and down in the mouth.
Example Sentences
The music had a melancholy tone throughout.
She felt a sense of melancholy after departure.
The autumn leaves created a melancholy atmosphere.
His eyes reflected a deep, unspoken melancholy.
The movie's ending left me feeling melancholy.