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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | despondent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed |
| Synonyms: | all torn up, blue*, bummed-out, cast-down, dejected, despairing, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, forlorn, gloomy, glum, griefstricken, grieving, hopeless, in a blue funk, in despair, in the pits, low, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, morose, mourning, sad, shot down, sorrowful, woebegone, wretched |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, elated, happy, hopeful, spirited, up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | morose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, pessimistic |
| Synonyms: | acrimonious, blue*, brusque, cantankerous, choleric, churlish, crabbed, crabby, cranky*, cross, dolorous, dour, down, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, frowning, gloomy, glum, grouchy, gruff, harsh, having blue devils, having the blahs, ill-humored, ill-tempered, in a bad mood, in a blue funk, irritable, low, melancholy, moody, moping, mournful, perverse, perversive, sad, saturnine, singing the blues, snappish, sour, splenetic, sulky, sullen, surly, taciturn, testy, troubled, ugly |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, friendly, happy, light-hearted, optimistic, uplifted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | melancholic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed |
| Synonyms: | at, bad, bleeding, blue*, bummed out, cast-down, crestfallen, crummy, dejected, desolate, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dispirited, down, down and out, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, dull, dysphoric, fed up*, gloomy, glum, grim, heavy-hearted, 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, tristful, unhappy, weeping, wistful, woebegone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tristful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed |
| Synonyms: | at, bad*, bleeding, blue*, bummed out, cast-down, crestfallen, crummy, dejected, desolate, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dispirited, down, down and out, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, dull, dysphoric, fed up*, gloomy, glum, grim, heavy-hearted, hurting, in a blue funk, in pain, in the dumps, in the pits, in the toilet, let down, low, low-down, low-spirited, lugubrious, melancholic, melancholy, moody, morose, on a downer, pessimistic, ripped, sad, sob story, spiritless, taken down, torn up, unhappy, weeping, wistful, woebegone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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