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disconsolateness
[dis-kon-suh-lit] 
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desperation
[des-puh-rey-shuhn]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hopelessness |
| Synonyms: | agony, anguish, anxiety, concern, dejection, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, disconsolateness, distraction, distress, fear, gloom, grief, heartache, melancholy, misery, pain, pang, sorrow, torture, trouble, unhappiness, worry |
| Antonyms: | confidence, contentment, security |
| Main Entry: | sadness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unhappiness, depression |
| Synonyms: | anguish, blahs, bleakness, blue devils, blue funk, broken heart, bummer, cheerlessness, dejection, despondency, disconsolateness, dismals, dispiritedness, distress, dolefulness, dolor, downcastness, downer, dysphoria, forlornness, funk, gloominess, grief, grieving, heartache, heartbreak, heavy heart, hopelessness, letdown, listlessness, melancholy, misery, moodiness, mopes, mournfulness, mourning, poignancy, sorrow, sorrowfulness, the blues, the dumps, tribulation, woe |
| Antonyms: | cheer, gladness, happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | despondence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sadness |
| Synonyms: | blues, dejection, depression, desperateness, desperation, despond, despondency, disconsolateness, discouragement, disheartenment, dispiritedness, dolefulness, downheartedness, gloom, gloominess, glumness, hopelessness, melancholy, mournfulness, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | glumness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gloom |
| Synonyms: | anguish, bitterness, blue devils, blue funk, blues, catatonia, chagrin, cheerlessness, dejection, depression, desolation, despair, despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, discouragement, dismals, distress, doldrums, dolefulness, dolor, downheartedn |
| Main Entry: | heavy-heartedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gloom |
| Synonyms: | anguish, bitterness, blue devils, blue funk, blues, catatonia, chagrin, cheerlessness, dejection, depression, desolation, despair, despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, discouragement, dismals, distress, doldrums, dolefulness, dolor, downheartedn |
| Main Entry: | mournfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gloom |
| Synonyms: | anguish, bitterness, blue devils, blue funk, blues, catatonia, chagrin, cheerlessness, dejection, depression, desolation, despair, despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, discouragement, dismals, distress, doldrums, dolefulness, dolor, downheartedness, dullness, dumps, dysphoria, foreboding, funk, glumness, grief, heaviness, heavy-heartedness, horror, low spirits, malaise, melancholy, misery, misgiving, mope, mopes, morbidity, mourning, oppression, pensiveness, pessimism, sadness, saturninity, sorrow, unhappiness, vexation, weariness, woe |
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