| Term | Definition |
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| abattu(e) | dejected, dow-hearted |
| aigre-doux(ce) | bitter-sweet |
| aller de mal en pire | to go from bad to worse |
| aller droit au coeur | to move deeply |
| amertume | sadness, bitterness |
| angoisee | anguish |
| angoissIé(e) | anguish, destressed, anxious |
| anxiété | anxiety |
| anxieus(se) | anxious |
| anxieusement | anxiously |
| attrister | to sadden |
| avoir de la malchance | to be unlucky |
| avoir des ennuis | to have problems |
| avoir des idées noirs | to be sad, melancholy |
| avoir des soucis | to have roblems, to be preoccupied |
| avoir du chagrin | to be sorrowful |
| avoir l'air triste | to look sad |
| avoir la guigne | to have bad lucky |
| avoir le coeur serré | to be sad at heart |
| avoir le cafard | to have the blues |
| avoir une mine (une tête) d'enterrement | to look gloomy |
| avoir pitié de quelqu'un | to feel pity or compassion for someone |
| boire le calice justqu'a la lie | to bear the greatest insults without a word |
| bouleverser | to upset, to throw into confusion |
| bouleversé(e) | upset, distressed, emotional |
| broyer du noir | to give in to sad thoughts |
| ca va mal | things are going badly |
| calamité | calamity, catastrophy |
| catastrophe | calamity, catastrophy |
| chagrin | sorrow, grief |
| consoler | to comfort |
| crier misere | to complain |
| déception | disappointment |
| décevoir | to disappoint |
| décu(e) | disappointed |
| de querre lasse | unable to fight somehting anymore, giving up |
| désappointer | to dissappoint |
| désappointé | disappointed |
| désappointement | disappointment |
| désastre | disaster |
| désastreux(se) | disastrous |
| désemparé(e) | distressed |
| désespoir | despair |
| donner des soucis a | to worry someone |
| douleur | sorrow, pain |
| douloureux(se) | sorrowful, painful |
| éclater en sanglots | to burst into sobs |
| émouvant(e) | moving, touching |
| émouvoir | to move, to touch |
| ému(e) | moved |
| être a plaindre | to be pittied |
| être chagriné (e) | to be sad |
| être comme une âme en peine | to be like a lost soul |
| être dans de beaux draps | to be in a bad fix |
| être de mauvaise humeur | to be in a bad mood |
| être déprimé(e) | to be depressed |
| être d´solé(e) | to be sorry |
| être désespéré(e) | to be in a state of despair |
| être embêté(e) | to be worried |
| être navré(e) | to be sorry |
| être roungé de chagrin (par la douleur) | to be eaten up by sorrow |
| être tracassé(e) | to be worried |
| faire contre mauvaise fortune bon coeur | to face adversity with courage |
| fair de la peine | to cause sorrow or grief |
| faire pitié | to arouse pity |
| faire triste figure | to look sad |
| faire triste mine | to look sad |
| faire une déprime | to have depression |
| fondre en larmes | to burst into tears |
| inconsolable | inconsolable |
| inqiet, inquiete | worried |
| inquitétant(e) | which causes worry or apprehension |
| inquiétude | state ofuneasiness, worry |
| larme | tear (as in crying) |
| larmoyante(e) | teary |
| las, lasse | exhausted emotionally or physically |
| malheur (m) | misfortune |
| malheureux | unhappy |
| mélancolie | vague sadness, feeling of disgust towards life |
| mélancolique | person who suffers from vague sadness |
| misérable | poor |
| misére | state of extreme poverty |
| n'en pouvoir plus | to have had enough |
| ne pas être dans son assiette | to feel out of sorts |
| ne pas savoir a quel saint se vouer | not to know which way to turn |
| ne pas savoir a quoi s'en tenir | not to know what to make of it |
| ne pas savoir ou donner de la tête | not to know what to do |
| ne pas savoir sur quel pied danser | not to know what to do |
| peiner | to cause sorrow, to sadden |
| perdre courage | to lose courage |
| perdre pied | not to know what one is doing |
| pénible | tedious, painful |
| pépin | problem |
| pessimiste | pessimist, pessimistic |
| pitié | pity |
| plainte | complaint, moan |
| plaintif(ive) | doleful |
| plaintivement | in a doleful voice |
| pleurer | to cry |
| pleurer a chaudes larmes | to cry profusely |
| pleurer comme une madeleine | to cry profusely |
| pleurer quelqu'un | to mourn the loss of someone |
| pleurnicher | to cry without a reason, to complain in a teary voice, to whine |
| pleurnicheur (euse) | someone who cries without a reason or complains in a teary voice |
| prendre son mal en patience | to bear one's misfourtune with patience |
| quel dommage! | what a pitty! |
| quel malheur! | what misfortune! |
| quelle tuile! | what a blow! |
| ronger | to torment |
| sanglot | sob |
| sangloter | to sob |
| sensible | sensitive |
| se faire de la bile | to worry |
| se faire du mauvaise sang | to worry |
| se fair du souci | to worry |
| se plaindre | to complain |
| se ronger le coeur | to be tormented |
| souci | worry |
| soucieux | person who worries |
| touchant(e) | touching |
| triste | sad |
| triste comme un bonnet de nuit | very dull |
| tristesse | sadness |
| verser des larmes de crocodile | to shed crocodile tears |
| voir tout en noir | to be pessimistic |
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