dejection

  • 121mope — 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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  • 122desperation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Hopelessness] Syn. despair, distress, despondency, depression, discomfort, dejection, distraction, desolation, disconsolateness, anxiety, dread, panic, anguish, agony, melancholy, grief, worry, trouble, pain, torture, pang,… …

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  • 123despondency — 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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  • 124dumps — 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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  • 125funk — 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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  • 126sadness — 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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  • 127Pain — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Pain >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 mental suffering mental suffering pain dolor Sgm: N 1 suffering suffering sufferance Sgm: N 1 ache ache smart &c.(physical pain) 378 Sgm: N 1 passion …

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  • 128despondent — adj Despondent, despairing, desperate, hopeless, forlorn mean having lost all or practically all hope. The same distinctions in implications and connotations are to be found in their corresponding nouns despondency, despair, desperation,… …

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