Saddening
Saddening adjective - Causing unhappiness.
Usage example: the saddening discovery that something is threatening the birds in the area
Unfortunate and saddening are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unfortunate" instead an adjective "Saddening".
Unfortunate
Unfortunate adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.
Saddening and unfortunate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Saddening" instead an adjective "Unfortunate".
Nearby Word: unfortunately
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- pitiful and saddening
- pitiful and unfortunate
- disturbing and saddening
- disturbing and unfortunate
- melancholy and saddening
- melancholy and unfortunate
- dismal and saddening
- dismal and unfortunate
- woeful and saddening
- woeful and unfortunate
- grievous and saddening
- grievous and unfortunate
- sad and saddening
- sad and unfortunate
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