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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humiliation |
| Synonyms: | abasement, affront, bring down, chagrin, condescension, degradation, disgrace, dishonor, embarrassment, humbling, ignominy, loss of face, put-down, resignation, shame |
| Main Entry: | decay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | breaking down, collapse |
| Synonyms: | adulteration, atrophy, blight, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rot, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
| Antonyms: | development, flourish, germination, growth, improvement, ripening, strength, strengthening |
| Main Entry: | degradation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depravity, shame |
| Synonyms: | abasement, debasement, decadence, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, demotion, derogation, deterioration, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, downgrading, evil, humiliation, ignominy, mortification, perversion, reduction |
| Antonyms: | admiration, approval, elevation, honor, promotion, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | depression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | low spirits; despair |
| Synonyms: | abasement, abjection, abjectness, blahs, bleakness, blue funk, bummer, cheerlessness, dejection, desolation, desperation, despondency, disconsolation, discouragement, dispiritedness, distress, dole, dolefulness, dolor, downheartedness, dreariness, dullness, dumps, ennui, gloom, gloominess, heaviness of heart, heavyheartedness, hopelessness, lowness, lugubriosity, melancholia, melancholy, misery, mortification, qualm, sadness, sorrow, the blues, trouble, unhappiness, vapors, woefulness, worry |
| Antonyms: | cheerfulness, encouragement, happiness, hope, hopefulness |
| Main Entry: | disappointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental upset; displeasure |
| Synonyms: | adverse fate, adversity, bafflement, blow, chagrin, defeat, despondency, discontent, discouragement, disenchantment, disgruntlement, disillusion, disillusionment, dissatisfaction, distress, failure, frustration, lack of success, letdown, mortification, nonsuccess, regret, setback, the knocks, unfulfillment |
| Antonyms: | delight, encouragement, euphoria, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | distress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain, agony |
| Synonyms: | ache, affliction, anguish, anxiety, bad news, blues, care, concern, cross, dejection, desolation, disappointment, discomfort, disquietude, dolor, embarrassment, grief, headache, heartache, heartbreak, irritation, malaise, misery, mortification, ordeal, pang, perplexity, sadness, shame, sorrow, stew, suffering, throe, torment, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, twinge, unconsolability, unhappiness, vexation, visitation, woe, worriment, worry, wretchedness |
| Antonyms: | comfort, happiness, health, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | embarrassment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humiliation, shame |
| Synonyms: | awkward situation, awkwardness, bashfulness, bind, boo boo, chagrin, clumsiness, complexity, confusion, destitution, difficulty, dilemma, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, distress, egg on face, faux pas, fix, hitch, hot seat, hot water, impecuniosity, indebtedness, indiscretion, inhibition, mess, mistake, mortification, pickle, pinch, plight, poverty, predicament, puzzle, quandary, scrape, self-consciousness, shyness, snag, stew, strait, tangle, timidity, unease, uneasiness |
| Antonyms: | comfort, confidence |
| Main Entry: | grief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental suffering |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, anguish, bemoaning, bereavement, bewailing, care, dejection, deploring, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, disquiet, distress, dole, dolor, gloom, grievance, harassment, heartache, heartbreak, infelicity, lamentation, lamenting, malaise, melancholy, misery, mortification, mournfulness, mourning, pain, purgatory, regret, remorse, repining, rue, sadness, sorrow, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, vexation, woe, worry, wretchedness |
| Antonyms: | delight, ecstasy, exhilaration, happiness |
| Main Entry: | humiliation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embarrassment |
| Synonyms: | abasement, affront, chagrin, comedown, comeuppance, condescension, confusion, degradation, discomfiture, disgrace, dishonor, humbling, ignominy, indignity, loss of face, mental pain, mortification, put-down, resignation, self-abasement, shame, submission, submissiveness, touché |
| Antonyms: | elevation, flattery, glorification, praise, success, triumph |
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