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down in the mouth
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down in the mouth
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | feeling dejected or sad |
| Synonyms: | chapfallen, dejected, depressed, discouraged, down in the dumps, in the doldrums, in the dumps, low in spirits, low-spirited, sad |
| Main Entry: | depressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discouraged |
| Synonyms: | bad, bleeding, blue*, bummed out, cast-down, crestfallen, crummy, dejected, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dispirited, down, down and out, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, fed up*, glum, grim, hurting, in a blue funk, in pain, in the dumps, in the pits, in the toilet, let down, low, low-down, low-spirited, lugubrious, melancholy, moody, morose, on a downer, pessimistic, ripped, sad, sob story, spiritless, taken down, torn up, unhappy, weeping, woebegone |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, comforted, encouraged, happy, satisfied, unburdened |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doleful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressing |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, cast down, cheerless, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, dirgeful, dismal, dispirited, distressing, dolent, dolorous, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dreary, forlorn, funereal, gloomy, grieving, lamentable, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, painful, piteous, pitiful, plaintive, rueful, sad, somber, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful, wretched |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, elated, glad, gleeful, happy, joyful |
| Main Entry: | gloomy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | feeling down, blue |
| Synonyms: | blue funk, broody, chapfallen, cheerless, crabbed, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, desolate, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, dour, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, forlorn, glum, in low spirits, in the dumps, joyless, low, melancholy, mirthless, miserable, moody, moping, mopish, morose, mournful, oppressed, pessimistic, sad, saturnine, solemn, sulky, sullen, surly, ugly, unhappy, weary, woebegone, woeful |
| Antonyms: | animated, cheerful, content, encouraged, happy, joyful, sparkling, vivacious |
| Main Entry: | joyless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhappy |
| Synonyms: | black, bleak, blue, cheerless, dejected, depressant, depressed, depressing, dismal, dispirited, dispiriting, doleful, down in the mouth, downcast, dragged, dreary, droopy, gloomy, have the blahs, heavy*, low, melancholic, melancholy, miserable, mopey, mournful, sad, saddening, somber |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, delighted, happy, joyful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed |
| Synonyms: | bad, blue*, crestfallen, dejected, despondent, disheartened, down, down and out, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, fed up, forlorn, gloomy, glum, in the pits, low-down, miserable, moody, morose, sad, singing the blues, spiritless, unhappy |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, gay, happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | melancholy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, sad |
| Synonyms: | blue*, dejected, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, doleful, dolorous, down and out, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, down*, downbeat, downcast, downhearted, dragged, droopy, funereal, gloomy, glum, grim, heavyhearted, in blue funk, joyless, lachrymose, low, low-spirited, lugubrious, mirthless, miserable, moody, moony, mournful, pensive, saddened, saddening, somber, sorrowful, sorry*, torn up, trite, unhappy, wet blanket, wistful, woebegone, woeful |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy, joyful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | miserable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhappy, depressed |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, agonized, ailing, anguished, brokenhearted, crestfallen, dejected, desolate, despairing, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, discontented, distressed, doleful, dolorous, down, down in the mouth, downcast, forlorn, gloomy, heartbroken, hopeless, hurt, hurting, ill, in pain, injured, melancholy, mournful, on a downer, pained, pathetic, pitiable, racked, rueful, ruthful, sad, sick, sickly, sorrowful, strained, suffering, tormented, tortured, tragic, troubled, woebegone, wounded, wretched |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, elated, happy, joyful, merry |
| Main Entry: | moody |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crabby, temperamental |
| Synonyms: | angry, cantankerous, capricious, changeable, crabbed, crestfallen, cross, dismal, doleful, dour, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, erratic, fickle, fitful, flighty, frowning, gloomy, glum, huffy, ill-humored, ill-tempered, impulsive, in a huff, in the doldrums, introspective, irascible, irritable, lugubrious, melancholy, mercurial, miserable, moping, morose, offended, out of sorts, pensive, petulant, piqued, sad, saturnine, short-tempered, splenetic, sulky, sullen, testy, touchy |
| Antonyms: | balanced, cheerful, happy, overjoyed |
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