Sorrow sadness
Miserable
Also known as wretched
Strength 3 of 4
Thoroughly unhappy, with sadness or discomfort filling the whole of the present moment and leaving little room for anything else.
In the body
- A hunched, curled-in posture
- Crying that is hard to stop
- Restlessness with no comfortable position
Needs behind it
When these needs aren’t met
Softer and stronger
- Down
- Pensive
- Gloomy
- Heavy-hearted
- Melancholy
- Sad
- Tearful
- Depressed
- Miserable
- Sorrowful
Often confused with
Depressed
Miserable is acute unhappiness that fills the present moment; depressed is a longer, flatter low that dims almost everything over time.