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51grief — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. distress, bereavement, sorrow, dolor; affliction, disaster, trouble, tribulation. See pain, dejection, failure. Ant., happiness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Mental distress] Syn. sorrow, sadness, regret,… …
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.… …
53complaining — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. objecting, lamenting, murmuring, regretting, repining, bewailing, deploring, weeping, mourning, moaning, protesting, charging, accusing, disapproving, grumbling, fretting, whining, peevish, querulous, resentful,… …
54mourning — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of expressing grief] Syn. sorrowing, grieving, yearning, aching, sorrow, lamentation, lamenting, pining, repining, sighing, regretting, deploring, weeping over, drooping, languishing, wailing, crying, moaning,… …
55Regret — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Regret >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 regret regret repining Sgm: N 1 homesickness homesickness nostalgia Sgm: N 1 mal du pays mal du pays maladie Sgm: N 1 lamentation lamentation &c. 839 …
56Melancholia — As a term used in medicine since the ancient Greeks, melancholia had two core elements of meaning, neither specifically referring to sad forms of depression: (1) All mental affections in which mood, drive, and intellectual function were… …
57grumbling — n. Complaint, murmuring, repining, fault finding …
58compliant — compliant, acquiescent, resigned, and their corresponding nouns compliance, acquiescence, resignation, are com parable when used in reference to a person, a mood, or a disposition that manifests acceptance (as of another s will or of something… …
59covet — 1 Covet, envy, grudge, begrudge though not closely synonymous all carry the implication of a selfish desire to have something for one s own enjoyment or possession. To covet (for fuller treatment see DESIRE) is to long inordinately for something… …
60sorrow — n Sorrow, grief, heartache, heartbreak, anguish, woe, regret, though not close synonyms, share the idea of distress of mind. Sorrow is the most general term, implying a sense of loss or of guilt {when you depart from me, sorrow abides and… …
