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broody
[broo-dee] 
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dejected
[dih-jek-tid]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, blue |
| Synonyms: | abject, all torn up, atrabilious, black, bleak, broody, bummed out, cast down, cheerless, clouded, crestfallen, dampened, dashed, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dismal, dispirited, doleful, down, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, drooping, droopy, gloomy, glum, heavyhearted, hurting, in the pits, low, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, moody, mopey, mopish, morose, sad, sagging, shot down, spiritless, woebegone, wretched |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, encouraged, happy, joyous |
| Main Entry: | tenebrific |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gloomy |
| Synonyms: | black, bleak, blue funk, blue*, broody, chapfallen, cheerless, crabbed, crestfallen, dark, dejected, depressed, desolate, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, dour, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, dreary, forlorn, glum, in low spirits, in the dumps, joyless, low, melancholy, mirthless, miserable, moody, moping, mopish, morose, mournful, oppressed, pessimistic, sad, saturnine, solemn, somber, sulky, sullen, surly, ugly*, unhappy, weary, woebegone, woeful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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