Clues for the word "SAD"
We've had 314 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1760 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on April 11, 2026.
Definition of sad
- supperl. - Sated; satisfied; weary; tired.
- supperl. - Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
- supperl. - Dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors.
- supperl. - Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous.
- supperl. - Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.
- supperl. - Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune.
- supperl. - Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked.
- v. t. - To make sorrowful; to sadden.
Referring Clues
- Glum
- Down
- Long-faced
- Woeful
- Blue
- Lugubrious
- Not up
- Deplorable
- Singing the blues
- Frowning
- In low spirits
- Regrettable
- Unfortunate
- Deplorably poor
- Bummed out
- Insufficient, as an excuse
- Dispirited
- In a funk
- Woebegone
- In the doldrums
- Kind of story
- Bummed
- Down in the dumps
- Jerry Lewis movie "The ___ Sack"
- Sorry
- Like some commentary
- Low
- Dejected
- In a blue funk
- "Mr. Dieingly ___" (1966 Critters hit)
- Depressing
- Elegiac
- Unhappy
- Needing a lift
- In need of a lift
- Mideast's House of ___
- Moping
- "___ but true"
- Inferior, as excuses go
- In the dumps
- Needing a 53-Across
- Needing buoying
- Wretched
- Downhearted
- On the down side?
- Heavy-hearted
- Feeling low
- Like three-hankie movies
- In need of heartening
- Feeling blue
- Chapfallen
- Downcast
- Down in the mouth
- Like an Emmett Kelly expression
- Disconsolate
- In mourning
- Far from cloud nine
- Far from festive
- Not even on cloud one
- Melancholy
- Poor, as an excuse
- Teary-eyed, perhaps
- Pathetic
- Like keeners
- Doleful
- In a blue state
- Wistful
- Heartsick
- God-awful
- Like a poor excuse
- Gloomy
- Deplorably bad
- Not happy
- Discouraged
- Feeling mopey
- Lacking mirth
- Sorrowful
- Like McCullers' café
- Hangdog
- Bummed, so to speak
- Crestfallen
- Lamentable
- Cry-worthy
- Not a happy camper
- Heavyhearted
- Requiring three hankies, say
- Not at all happy
- Pretty pitiful
- Morose
- Far from joyful
- Melancholic
- Pensive
- Like Baker's sack
- Unlike a good excuse
- Depressed
- Replete with regret
- Cheerless
- Thoroughly blue
- Like a tearjerker
- Hardly happy
- On the down side
- Blue, in a way
- Somber
- Dark
- Like some excuses
- In poor spirits
- Like may tears
- Mournful
- Piteous
- Funky?
- Funky
- Down at the mouth
- Despondent
- Feeling down
- Despond-ent
- With 41-Across, 1979 Robert John hit song
- Lacking joy
- Tearful
- Like Emmett Kelly's clown face
- What a texter of ":-(" might be
- Tear-jerking
- Pitiful
- Like slow songs, sometimes
- Like Eeyore
- "That's a shame!"
- Worthy of weeping
- Plaintive
- Far from on cloud nine
- Living in a blue state?
- Out of spirits
- Needing cheering
- Weepy
- Adjective often before "commentary"
- Disappointed
- Full of tears, say
- Type of ending or sack
- Poignant
- Not even on cloud one?
- Forlorn
- In a blue mood
- Like one texting :-(
- "How ___"
- Pensive, perhaps
- In a dismal mood
- "How pathetic"
- See 62-Down
- Sack adjective
- ___ sack
- Not exactly doing cartwheels
- What this means: :-(
- Beatles title girl
- Weeping, perhaps
- Sack in uniform
- Feeling downcast
- Teary-eyed
- Devoid of joy
- Really poor
- Like a texter who types ":-("
- A long way from festive
- Far from cheerful
- Quite melancholy
- Lame
- Miserable
- Tearing up, say
- With 43-Across, tear-jerking tune
- Bummed or blue
- Kind of sack
- Like McCuller's cafe
- Blew
- Singing the blues, so to speak
- Shameful
- Poor, as excuses go
- End of many a Trump tweet
- Disappointing
- Feeling unhappy
- Opposite of happy
- Blue pole with notice attached
- Gloomy (3)
- Heart-wrenching
- Trump tweet ender, often
- Definitely not happy
- Rolling Stones: "___ Day"
- Unhappy Pearl Jam song?
- Eyes, to Bee Gees
- Songs that "Say So Much," to Elton
- "Eyes" to Robert John
- Ballads, sometimes
- Unhappy Pearl Jam "Lost Dogs" track?
- Repeated word in Stones "Steel Wheels" opener
- Robert John "___ eyes, turn the other way"
- Elvis "Don't look so ___, I know it's over"
- The German returns depressed
- Sorry Sadie's lost, that is
- It's a pity, that is, Sadie's lost
- The sun now is low
- Sorry the cake was a failure
- A small puff - blue
- Sorry about the failed cake
- "Blue", said I, "is out"
- Unhappy in serious adversity
- Down, say
- The German's backed down
- Last word of many a Trump tweet
- In need of cheering up
- Adjective for a sack?
- Description of a certain Facebook reaction
- Heart-rending
- Dismal
- Blue pills a doctor provides
- Son, notice, is upset
- Requiring consolation
- Like this emoticon: :-(
- Sorry about the dud cake
- Sorry to separate father and daughter in California
- Ready to cry
- Down at the bottom of the class, nowadays
- Said I had gone down
- Down emotionally
- Keening, perhaps
- Blue movies a director conceals
- Sorry to have to dash back, breathless
- Pitiable as some narcotics addicts
- Feeling mopy
- Blue pills a doctor might provide
- Feeling gloomy
- Dashed halfway back when dejected
- Sorry to have said I'm out
- Down or blue
- Frowny-faced
- Sorry to come between dad and Ena, somewhere
- Not happy at all
- In need of comforting
- Hapless
- Hard to watch
- Sorry the cake's flunked
- Feeling :-(
- Unhappy start to song and dance
- Like a tearful emoji
- Sorry about the cake?
- Pathetic, as an excuse
- Feeling sorrow
- Too bad
- Pity around the dud cake
- Reported I had got in, in need of a lift
- Sorry to get out of Pasadena
- Like a sob story
- The so-called "winter blues," for short
- Really bummed
- Sorry for Sadie's loss, that is
- Using the “pensive face” emoji, say
- "You hate to see it"
- Having the blues
- When I entered, spoke low
- A disappointment
- Feeling glum
- In a sorry state
- Like this: :(
- Sorry about the school head getting notice
- Kind of tale or fate
- Low-spirited
- On the verge of tears
- Quite unhappy
- Feeling sorrowful
- Showing signs of tear?
- In need of a lift?
- Sorry a girl's lost, that is
- Feeling like :-(
- Heartbreaking
- Like this emoticon: :(
- Like the blue emotion in "Inside Out"
- Feeling :(
- Needing a big lift
- Tragic
- "Everything ___ is Untrue"
- Needing cheering up
- U-turn from joyful
- Like a tear-jerker
- In need of perking up
- "A pity"
- Feeling like this: :(
- Word before case or sack
- Hurl, say
- Sorry about the cake
- U-turn from happy
- Sorry, that is, to leave Sadie
- A small notice in blue
- In serious adversity, not happy
- ___ trombone
- Reputed, when I left, to be unhappy
- Like tearjerkers
- Feeling down in the dumps
- Like this face :(
- Like a kid who lost her doll
- Happy? No, unfortunately
- Like much of Lana Del Rey's music
- Feeling like Eeyore
- Teary, maybe
- Unhappy 16-Across
- In a crying mood
- Sorry about that cake
- Happy? No, not right
- Tearing up, perhaps
- Texting :-(, perhaps
- A long way from happy
- Broken up over a breakup, say
- :(
- Grim
- Like a texter who sends a crying emoji
- Sorry about the misprinted ads
- How unhappy are the half of us half dead!
- "That's very unfortunate"
- Grievous
- Like lyrics full of heartache
- Lachrymose
Last Seen In
- New York Times - April 11, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 09, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - April 09, 2026
- Your Life Choices - April 08, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - April 07, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - April 05, 2026
- Your Life Choices - April 01, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - April 01, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 29, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - March 25, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - March 23, 2026
- New York Times - March 23, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 22, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - March 05, 2026
- New York Times - March 01, 2026
- LA Times - February 27, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 23, 2026
- Your Life Choices - February 23, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - February 08, 2026
- New York Times - February 06, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - February 04, 2026
- Your Life Choices - February 03, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 28, 2026
- LA Times - January 28, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 27, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 26, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 24, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - January 24, 2026
- LA Times - January 23, 2026
- New York Times - January 22, 2026
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