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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very distressed |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, depressed, disturbed, grieving, harmed, hurt, injured, oppressed, pained, peeved, persecuted, saddened, unhappy, woeful, wronged |
| Antonyms: | happy, pleased |
| 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: | heartsick |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | despondent |
| Synonyms: | all torn up, blue, bummed-out, dejected, depressed, despairing, disappointed, disconsolate, disheartened, down, forlorn, grieving, heavy-hearted, inconsolable, low, melancholy, mournful, sad, unhappy, woebegone |
| Main Entry: | heavy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, gloomy |
| Synonyms: | close, cloudy, crestfallen, damp, dark, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, downcast, dull, grieving, leaden, lowering, melancholy, oppressive, overcast, sad, sodden, soggy, sorrowful, stifling, wet |
| Antonyms: | gay, happy, joyful |
| Main Entry: | mournful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sorrowful |
| Synonyms: | anguished, bereft, cheerless, depressed, disconsolate, distressing, doleful, dolent, forlorn, full of sorrow, grief-stricken, grieving, grievous, heartbroken, in mourning, in pain, in sorrow, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sombre, woeful |
| Main Entry: | sore |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angry; hurt mentally |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, aggrieved, annoyed, annoying, critical, distressing, grieved, grieving, indignant, irked, irritated, pained, peeved, pressing, resentful, sensitive, smarting, stung, troubled, upset, urgent, vexed, weighty |
| Antonyms: | delighted, happy, pleased |
| Main Entry: | woeful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | terrible, sad |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, agonized, anguished, appalling, awful, bad, calamitous, catastrophic, cruel, deplorable, disappointing, disastrous, disconsolate, disgraceful, distressing, doleful, dreadful, feeble, gloomy, grieving, grievous, grim, heartbreaking, heartrending, heartsick, hopeless, inadequate, lamentable, lousy*, mean, miserable, mournful, paltry, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, plaintive, poor, racked, rotten, shocking, sorrowful, sorry, tortured, tragic, unfortunate, unhappy, wretched |
| Antonyms: | glad, happy, joyful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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