печа́льный — meaning in English

English meaning

• blue adjective Having the colour of a clear daytime sky.
• despondent adjective Feeling low, discouraged, and without hope.
• disconsolate adj Sad and gloomy.
• distressing adjective Causing worry, sadness, or pain.
• down adverb From a higher place to a lower one.
• dreary adj Dull, gloomy, and depressing.
• gloomy adj Dark and dim, especially in a way that feels depressing.
• glum adj Sad, sullen, or in low spirits.
• grievous adj Very serious or severe, especially describing harm, pain, or wrongdoing.
• lugubrious adj Extremely gloomy and sad, often in an exaggerated way.
• mournful adjective Full of sadness or grief.
• pensive adj Deep in thought, often in a quiet or serious way.
• rueful adj Showing or feeling regret or sadness, often in a way that is a little funny.
• sad adj Feeling sorrow or unhappiness.
• sorrowful adj Feeling or showing deep sadness.
• sullen adjective Gloomy, silent, and bad-tempered.
• tearful adj Crying, or on the verge of crying.
• unhappy adj Feeling or showing sadness.
• wistful adjective Filled with a gentle sadness or longing, especially for something in the past.

Senses

печа́льный is used for these senses in English:

• blue (informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
• despondent In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
• disconsolate Cheerless, dreary.
• distressing Causing distress; upsetting; distressful.
• dolorous Solemnly or ponderously sad.
• down (informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
• dreary Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
• epicedial elegiac; funereal

blue — full definition

1. adjective Having the colour of a clear daytime sky.
2. adjective Sad or depressed.
3. noun The colour itself, between green and violet on the spectrum.
4. noun A member of a police force, sports team, or political party associated with the colour blue (informal, often plural as "blues").

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