Descriptions & Equivalents
- all time low
- anguished
- bemoaned
- bittersweet
- broken up
- bummed out
- catch in his throat
- choked back tears
- choked up
- confused
- crumpled in her seat
- deeply saddened by this tragedy
- demoralized
- despair
- desperate sadness passed over her face
- devastating
- dropped his head to his chest
- emotional fallout
- emotional pain
- face buried in his hands
- fall apart
- grief-stricken
- grieving as a family
- gut-wrenching
- had a crappy day
- hands were in his pockets and his shoulders were hunched
- have the blues
- head hung low
- heartbreaker
- heart dropped to my feet
- heart-wrenching
- hml (hate my life)
- inconsolable
- long face
- made a mess of me
- mourning
- nausea
- nothing will ever be the same
- on a sad note
- pained
- pathetic
- paused because he was overcome with emotion
- puckered forehead
- quite distraught
- serio-comic fashion
- shaky
- shoulders slumped
- sick in my gut
- sitting on the ground crying
- slouched in my chair
- sob story
- sorrowful
- tear trickled down her cheek
- tears welled in her eyes
- there are no words for our grief
- things got kind of weird
- throat closed up
- throat constricted
- tightness clamped down on her chest
- took an emotional toll
- tormented
- unhappy
- unimaginable event
- utterly devastated
- verklempt
- vision darkened
- voice thickened
- weak at the knees
- went all to pieces
- words stuck in her throat
- world came crashing down
Sad. Overcome with grief to a greater or lesser extent. She was sad because her whole family had been wiped out in yet another mass shooting.
The Sad Story of A. A. Milne and the Real-Life Christopher Robin