mournfulness

  • 51mope — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. brood, fret, sulk, pout. See dejection, irascibility. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. be low spirited, fret, pine away, grieve, despond, droop, sink, lose heart, brood, pine, yearn, repine, despair,… …

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  • 52sad — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sorrowful, downcast, dejected, unhappy, woeful, woebegone, depressed, disconsolate, blue (inf.), down (inf.); melancholy, gloomy, cheerless, somber, dismal; heavy[ hearted]; regrettable, shameful.… …

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  • 53sorrow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. grief, sadness, dolor, distress; contrition, remorse, penitence; affliction, woe. See dejection. Ant., joy, happiness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Grief] Syn. sadness, anguish, pain; see grief 1 . 2. [The… …

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  • 54sound — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I adj. whole, undamaged; healthy, robust; logical, true, valid, reliable, honorable, trust worthy; solvent; strong, firm; thorough; unbroken. See perfection, health, stability.Ant., unsound, unhealthy,… …

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  • 55despondency — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dejection, despair, sadness; see depression 2 , desperation 1 , gloom 2 , grief 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Utter lack of hope: despair, desperateness, desperation, despond, despondence, hopelessness. See HOPE. 2 …

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  • 56dumps — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. despondency, dejection, despair; see desperation 1 , gloom 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. Sl. blues, depression, blahs, doldrums. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits: blues,… …

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  • 57funk — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Fear] Syn. fright, alarm, panic; see fear 1 . 2. [Depression] Syn. gloom, despondency, dejection, blue funk*; see depression 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. depression, blues, blue funk, melancholy, doldrums. III (Roget …

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  • 58sadness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sorrow, dejection, melancholy, depression, grief, despondency, sorrowfulness, oppression, downs*, gloom*, blues*, dumps*. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. downheartedness, sorrow, depression, melancholy, misery, unhappiness …

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  • 59unhappiness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sorrow, woe, sadness; see depression 2 , grief 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits: blues, dejection, depression, despondence, despondency, doldrums, dolefulness, down heartedness,… …

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  • 60despondence — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Utter lack of hope: despair, desperateness, desperation, despond, despondency, hopelessness. See HOPE. 2. A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits: blues, dejection, depression, despondency, doldrums, dolefulness …

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