| Afrikaans | English |
|---|
| droef | ⇆ dejected; ⇆ sad |
| bedroef | ⇆ afflict; ⇆ aggrieved; ⇆ awfully; ⇆ disconsolate; ⇆ distress; ⇆ distressed; ⇆ lacerate; ⇆ frightfully; ⇆ grieve; ⇆ grieved; ⇆ heavy‐hearted; ⇆ pain; ⇆ regretful; ⇆ sad; ⇆ sadden; ⇆ sore; ⇆ sorrowing |
| droefgeestig | ⇆ dejected; ⇆ gloomy; ⇆ glum; ⇆ melancholy; ⇆ mirthless; ⇆ pensive |
| droefheid | ⇆ affliction; ⇆ distress; ⇆ dole; ⇆ mourning; ⇆ grief; ⇆ rue; ⇆ sadness; ⇆ sorrow |
| droewenis | ⇆ grief; ⇆ sadness |
| droewig | ⇆ baleful; ⇆ dismal; ⇆ doleful; ⇆ funereal; ⇆ lachrymose; ⇆ melancholy; ⇆ moanful; ⇆ mournful; ⇆ pitiful; ⇆ rueful; ⇆ sad‐hearted; ⇆ sadly; ⇆ sorrowful; ⇆ tristful; ⇆ woeful |