Key learning points

1. 'Desolate' is an adjective which means feeling miserable, depressed or lonely.
2. 'Melancholy' is an adjective which means gloomy or depressed, despairing about everything.
3. 'Inconsolable' is an adjective which means very unhappy or heartbroken; feeling so sad it's impossible to cheer you up.
4. 'Wistful', 'glum' and 'yearning' are other rich vocabulary associated with feeling sad.

Keywords

• Noun - a naming word for people, places or things

• Adjective - a word that describes a noun

• Synonym - a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word

• Word pair - words that often appear together

Common misconception