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dismals

NOUN
doldrums
Synonyms
STRONGEST
gloom malaise slump stagnation stupor
STRONG
apathy blahs blues boredom bummer dejection disinterest downer dullness dumps ennui funk inactivity indifference inertia lassitude letdown listlessness mopes tedium torpor yawn
WEAK
black mood blue funk
Antonyms
STRONG
concern excitement feeling happiness interest liveliness sympathy
WEAK
elation gladness glee joy
NOUN
gloom
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anguish bitterness despair discouragement doldrums foreboding grief horror malaise misery pessimism sadness sorrow weariness woe
STRONG
blues catatonia chagrin cheerlessness dejection desolation despondency disconsolateness distress dolor downheartedness dullness dumps heaviness misgiving mopes morbidity mourning oppression pensiveness unhappiness vexation
WEAK
blue devils blue funk heavy-heartedness low spirits saturninity
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cheer cheerfulness confidence contentment delight gladness happiness hopefulness joy joyfulness pleasure trust
STRONG
comfort
WEAK
animation brightness contentedness encouragement light sparkle sunniness vivaciousness
NOUN
glumness
Synonyms
STRONG
anguish bitterness blues catatonia chagrin cheerlessness dejection depression desolation despair despondence despondency disconsolateness discouragement distress doldrums dolefulness dolor
WEAK
blue devils blue funk downheartedn
Antonyms
STRONG
cheer cheerfulness comfort contentment encouragement gladness happiness hopefulness joy joyfulness pleasure
NOUN
heavy-heartedness
Synonyms
WEAK
anguish bitterness blue devils blue funk blues catatonia chagrin cheerlessness dejection depression desolation despair despondence despondency disconsolateness discouragement distress doldrums dolefulness dolor downheartedn
NOUN
melancholy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
boredom despair desperation despondency ennui gloom grief sorrow wistfulness
STRONG
blahs blues bummer dejection dolor downer dumps funk gloominess letdown miserableness misery mopes mournfulness pensiveness tedium unhappiness woe wretchedness
WEAK
blue devils blue funk dolefuls down trip low spirits
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cheer confidence excitement happiness joy
STRONG
advantage benefit blessing boon gladness joyousness
NOUN
mournfulness
Synonyms
STRONG
anguish bitterness blues catatonia chagrin cheerlessness dejection depression desolation despair despondence despondency disconsolateness discouragement distress doldrums dolefulness dolor downheartedness dullness dumps dysphoria foreboding funk glumness grief heaviness horror malaise melancholy misery misgiving mope mopes morbidity mourning oppression pensiveness pessimism sadness sorrow unhappiness vexation weariness woe
WEAK
blue devils blue funk heavy-heartedness low spirits saturninity
Antonyms
STRONG
advantage benefit cheer cheerfulness comfort confidence contentment delight encouragement gladness happiness hopefulness joy joyfulness miracle pleasure trust
NOUN
sadness
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anguish grief heartache heartbreak hopelessness melancholy misery mourning poignancy sorrow
STRONG
blahs bleakness bummer cheerlessness dejection despondency disconsolateness dispiritedness distress dolefulness dolor downer dysphoria forlornness funk gloominess letdown listlessness moodiness mopes mournfulness sorrowfulness tribulation woe
WEAK
blue devils blue funk broken heart downcastness grieving heavy heart the blues the dumps
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cheer delight happiness joy
STRONG
advantage benefit comfort
WEAK
gladness

Example Sentences

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We've all been in the dismals long enough, but a marriage will set us all right again.

From Sharing Her Crime by Fleming, May Agnes

I was simply trying to joke away the dismals!

From John March, Southerner by Cable, George W.

“Idyllic,” some folks would have thought it: I used to get the fair dismals watching it. 

From The Observations of Henry by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

Grace persuaded him to stay to luncheon, and he did, and tried to win Miss Rose out of the dismals, and got incontinently snubbed for his pains.

From Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel by Fleming, May Agnes

Gracious Heavens!" were the first words to be distinguished; "what a frightful old place; enough to make one die of the dismals!

From Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume by Yonge, Charlotte Mary