I'm looking for a word that means feeling both happy and sad at the same time. Here's a sentence I'd like to use it in:
"At least we got one vote," she said with a (word I'm looking for) smile.
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I can't answer here, but I think the answer is wistful. "having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing. "a wistful smile"". If you upvote my comment I can answer haha– user3494047Commented Dec 8, 2022 at 12:05
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- producing or expressing a mixture of pain and pleasure: a movie with a bittersweet ending.
- pleasant but tinged with sadness.
- a bittersweet smile.
(TFD)
While somewhat broader than happy/sad, you could say ambivalent.
Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone:
Some loved her, some hated her, few were ambivalent about her.
The dictionary on my Mac defines rueful as
expressing sorrow or regret, especially in a wry or humorous way: she gave a rueful grin
which fits OP's sentence quite well.
answered Mar 1, 2020 at 20:13
Melancholic! Bittersweet more exact.
Not exactly what the OP's looking for but tragicomic also describes both happy and sad feelings at the same time.
Tragicomic (adj): Something that is tragicomic is both sad and amusing at the same time.
Example: This was a tragicomic story of human frailty.
Or ambivalent.
Ambivalent (adj): Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
Example: an ambivalent attitude to Europe.
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answered May 15, 2020 at 20:02
"At least we got one vote," she said with a wan smile.
You could also use feeble.
