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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: | 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
| Main Entry: | disconsolate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, unhappy |
| Synonyms: | bad, black, blue, cheerless, cold, comfortless, crestfallen, crushed, dark, dejected, desolate, despairing, destroyed, dispirited, distressed, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, dreary, forlorn, gloomy, grief-stricken, heartbroken, hopeless, hurting, in pain, in the pits, inconsolable, low, melancholy, miserable, ripped, sad, somber, sorrowful, torn-up, woebegone, woeful, wretched |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, consoled, happy, solaced, soothed |
| Main Entry: | raze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flatten, knock down; wipe out |
| Synonyms: | batter, blow down, bomb, break down, bulldoze, capsize, cast down, crash, decimate, delete, demolish, destroy, dynamite, efface, erase, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, fell, level, mow down, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, pull down, reduce, remove, rub out, ruin, scatter, scratch out, smash, spill, strike out, subvert, tear down, tear up, throw down, topple, total, unbuild, undo, unmake, upset, wipe out, wrack, wreck, zap |
| Antonyms: | build, construct |
| Main Entry: | uproot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; rip out of a place |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, annihilate, blot out, demolish, deracinate, dig up, displace, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, excavate, exile, exterminate, extirpate, extract, move, overthrow, overturn, pull up, remove, root out, tear up, weed, weed out, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | plant, settle, sow |
| Main Entry: | wreck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin, destroy |
| Synonyms: | bash, batter, beach, break, capsize, crack up, crash, cripple, dash, decimate, demolish, devastate, dilapidate, disable, do in, efface, founder, impair, injure, mangle, mar, mess up*, pile up, put out of commission, ravage, raze, run aground, sabotage, scuttle, shatter, shipwreck, sink, smash, smash up, spoil, strand, subvert, take apart, take out, tear up, torpedo, total*, trash*, undermine, vandalize, wrack up, wrack |
| Notes: | wreak means to cause something, especially trouble; wreck means to destroy something |
| Antonyms: | build, create, repair |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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