All woefulness synonyms

noun woefulness

• bummer — If you say that something is a bummer, you mean that it is unpleasant or annoying.
• cheerlessness — The state or characteristic of being cheerless.
• dejection — Dejection is a feeling of sadness that you get, for example, when you have just been disappointed by something.
• desolation — Desolation is a feeling of great unhappiness and hopelessness.
• desperation — Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
• despondency — Despondency is a strong feeling of unhappiness caused by difficulties which you feel you cannot overcome.
• discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
• dispiritedness — The state or condition of being dispirited.
• distress — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
• dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
• dolefulness — The characteristic of being doleful; sadness.
• dolor — sorrow; grief.
• downheartedness — The characteristic of being downhearted; sadness.
• dreariness — causing sadness or gloom.
• dullness — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
• dumps — an accumulation of discarded garbage, refuse, etc.
• ennui — A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.
• gloom — total or partial darkness; dimness.
• gloominess — dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
• hopelessness — providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
• lowness — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
• melancholia — a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.
• melancholy — sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
• misery — wretchedness of condition or circumstances.
• mortification — a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one's pride or self-respect.
• qualm — an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction: He has no qualms about lying.
• sadness — affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
• sorrow — distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
• trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
• unhappiness — sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
• worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
• abjectness — The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility. (Late 16th century.).
• blue funk — a state of great terror or loss of nerve
• disconsolation — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
• lugubriosity — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
• depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
• blues — a feeling of depression or deep unhappiness
• doldrums — A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks – so called by sailors.
• sulks — to remain silent or hold oneself aloof in a sullen, ill-humored, or offended mood: Promise me that you won't sulk if I want to leave the party early.
• abasement — to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.
• abjection — an abject state or condition
• blahs — nonsense; rubbish: What they say is blah.
• bleakness — bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.