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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression |
| Synonyms: | dejection, despondency, doldrums, dumps, gloom, gloominess, glumness, heavy heart, low spirits, melancholy, moodiness, mournfulness, sadness, the dismals, the mopes, unhappiness |
| Antonyms: | euphoria, gaiety, gladness, happiness |
| Main Entry: | brine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | salt solution |
| Synonyms: | alkali, blue, brackish water, deep, drink, marinade, ocean, pickling solution, preservative, saline, salt water, sea water, sodium chloride solution, vinegar |
| Main Entry: | cry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weeping and making sad sounds |
| Synonyms: | bawl, bawling, bewailing, blubber, blubbering, howl, howling, keening, lament, lamentation, mourning, shedding tears, snivel, snivelling, sob, sobbing, sorrowing, tears, the blues, wailing, weep, whimpering, yowl |
| Main Entry: | deep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the sea |
| Synonyms: | Davy Jones's locker, Poseidon's realm, blue*, brine, briny, drink*, main, middle, ocean, the high seas |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | depression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | low spirits; despair |
| Synonyms: | abasement, abjection, abjectness, blahs, bleakness, blue funk, bummer, cheerlessness, dejection, desolation, desperation, despondency, disconsolation, discouragement, dispiritedness, distress, dole, dolefulness, dolor, downheartedness, dreariness, dullness, dumps, ennui, gloom, gloominess, heaviness of heart, heavyheartedness, hopelessness, lowness, lugubriosity, melancholia, melancholy, misery, mortification, qualm, sadness, sorrow, the blues, trouble, unhappiness, vapors, woefulness, worry |
| Antonyms: | cheerfulness, encouragement, happiness, hope, hopefulness |
| Main Entry: | discouragement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | despondency |
| Synonyms: | cold feet, dejection, depression, despair, disappointment, discomfiture, dismay, downheartedness, hopelessness, loss of confidence, low spirits, melancholy, pessimism, sadness, the blues |
| Antonyms: | cheerfulness, happiness, hopefulness |
| Main Entry: | dismay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappointed feeling; distress |
| Synonyms: | agitation, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, blue funk, blues, bummer, chagrin, cold feet, consternation, discouragement, disheartenment, disillusionment, downer, dread, dumps, fear, fright, funk, hassle, horror, letdown, panic, terror, the blahs, trepidation, upset |
| Antonyms: | assurance, confidence, encouragement, happiness |
| Main Entry: | distress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain, agony |
| Synonyms: | ache, affliction, anguish, anxiety, bad news, blues, care, concern, cross, dejection, desolation, disappointment, discomfort, disquietude, dolor, embarrassment, grief, headache, heartache, heartbreak, irritation, malaise, misery, mortification, ordeal, pang, perplexity, sadness, shame, sorrow, stew, suffering, throe, torment, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, twinge, unconsolability, unhappiness, vexation, visitation, woe, worriment, worry, wretchedness |
| Antonyms: | comfort, happiness, health, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | doldrums |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression |
| Synonyms: | apathy, black mood, blahs, blue funk, blues, boredom, bummer, dejection, disinterest, dismals, downer, dullness, dumps, ennui, funk, gloom, inactivity, indifference, inertia, lassitude, letdown, listlessness, malaise, mopes, slump, stagnation, stupor, tedium, torpor, yawn |
| Antonyms: | elation, gladness, glee, happiness, joy |
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