| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | indigent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor |
| Synonyms: | beggared, busted, destitute, down and out, flat broke, hard up, homeless, impecunious, impoverished, in want, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, poverty-stricken |
| Antonyms: | rich, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | kaput |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ruined, wrecked |
| Synonyms: | all washed up, belly-up, burned out, cooked, dead*, destroyed, done for, down and out, down for the count, down the drain, down the tubes, finished, floored, had it, nonfunctioning, on the skids, out of business, out of circulation, sunk, totaled, washed up, wiped out |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | poverty-stricken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very poor |
| Synonyms: | bad off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, broke, broke*, destitute, dirt poor, distressed, down and out, down-and-out, hard up, impencunious, impoverished, in dire circumstances, in great need; financially poor, in want, indigent, miserably poor, moneyless, necessitous, needful, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, short*, stone broke, stranded, strapped, strapped, suffering, unmoneyed, wanting |
| Antonyms: | rich, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | underprivileged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor |
| Synonyms: | badly off, depressed, deprived, destitute, disadvantaged, down and out, handicapped, hapless, hard up, have-not, ill-fated, ill-starred, impoverished, in dire straits, in need, in want, indigent, needy, unfortunate, unlucky |
| Antonyms: | privileged, rich, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | unhappy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sad |
| Synonyms: | bleak, bleeding, blue*, bummed out, cheerless, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, down and out, down in the mouth, down*, downbeat, downcast, dragged, dreary, gloomy, grim, heavy-hearted, hurting, in a blue funk, in pain, in the dumps, let-down, long-faced, low, melancholy, mirthless, miserable, mournful, oppressive, put away, ripped, saddened, sorrowful, sorry, teary, troubled |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, glad, happy, joyous |
| Main Entry: | disgraced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discredited |
| Synonyms: | abject, defrocked, degraded, demoted, discharged, dishonored, down and out, downtrodden, humiliated, in disgrace, mocked, shamed, tarred and feathered |
| Antonyms: | honored, in favor, restored |