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| Main Entry: | depressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discouraged |
| Synonyms: | bad, blue*, crestfallen, crummy*, dejected, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dispirited, down, down in the mouth*, downcast, downhearted, fed up*, glum, grim, let down, low, low-spirited, lugubrious, melancholy, moody, morose, pessimistic, sad, sob story*, spiritless, unhappy, weeping, woebegone, bleeding, bummed out, cast-down, down and out, down in the dumps, dragged, hurting, in a blue funk, in pain, in the dumps, in the pits, in the toilet, low-down, on a downer, ripped, taken down, torn up |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, encouraged, happy, satisfied, comforted, unburdened |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | depressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concave, pushed down |
| Synonyms: | hollow, indented, set back, sunken, recessed |
| Antonyms: | bulging, convex, raised, pushed up |
| Main Entry: | depressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disadvantaged |
| Synonyms: | destitute, distressed, ghetto, ghost, impaired, needy, poor, poverty-stricken, run-down, shanty, skid row*, underprivileged, weakened, cheapened, depreciated, deprived, devalued |
| Antonyms: | blessed, flourishing, prosperous, rich |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | depress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deject, make despondent; exhaust |
| Synonyms: | abase, afflict, ail, bear down, beat, bother, bug*, chill*, cow*, damp, dampen, darken, daunt, debase, debilitate, degrade, desolate, devitalize, discourage, dishearten, dismay, distress, disturb, drag*, drain, dull, enervate, faze, lower, mock, mortify, oppress, perturb, press, put down*, reduce, run down*, sadden, sap*, scorn, slow, torment, trouble, try, upset, weaken, weary, weigh down*, beat down*, bum out, cast down, dispirit, keep under, reduce to tears, throw cold water on, turn one off |
| Antonyms: | cheer, comfort, encourage, excite, lift, stimulate, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | depress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devalue |
| Synonyms: | cheapen, debase, depreciate, diminish, downgrade, impair, lessen, lower, reduce |
| Antonyms: | increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | depress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push down |
| Synonyms: | couch, dip, droop, flatten, let down, level, lower, settle, sink, squash, demit, press down, smoosh |
| Antonyms: | raise, uplift, push up |
| Main Entry: | aggrieved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very distressed |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, depressed, disturbed, harmed, hurt, injured, oppressed, pained, peeved, unhappy, woeful, grieving, persecuted, saddened, wronged |
| Antonyms: | happy, pleased |
| Main Entry: | cheerless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressing, unhappy |
| Synonyms: | austere, black, bleak, blue, dark, dejected, depressed, desolate, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dolorous, drab, dreary, dull, forlorn, funereal, gloomy, grim, jarring, joyless, melancholy, miserable, mournful, oppressive, sad, somber, sorrowful, sullen, uncomfortable, wintry, woebegone, woeful, comfortless, dejecting, dispiriting, draggy, drearisome, in the dumps, mopey, tenebrific |
| Antonyms: | bright, cheerful, happy, uplifting |
| Main Entry: | crestfallen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disappointed |
| Synonyms: | blue, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, inconsolable, low, sad, ass in a sling, cast down, chapfallen, disheartened, down in the dumps, in a funk, singing the blues, taken down |
| Antonyms: | elated, encouraged, excited, happy, cheered, hearted, inspirited |
| Main Entry: | despairing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upset, despondent |
| Synonyms: | anxious, at end of one's rope, blue, brokenhearted, can't win, cynical, dejected, depressed, desperate, disconsolate, downcast, forlorn, frantic, grief-stricken, hopeless, in pain, in the dumps, in the pits, in the soup, inconsolable, melancholic, melancholy, miserable, no-win, not a prayer, oppressed, pessimistic, sad, shot down, strabilious, suicidal, sunk, weighed down, wretched |
| Antonyms: | confident, encouraged, expectant, hopeful |
| Main Entry: | disappointed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | let down, saddened |
| Synonyms: | aghast, beaten, complaining, crestfallen, defeated, depressed, despondent, disconcerted, discontented, discouraged, disenchanted, disgruntled, disillusioned, dissatisfied, distressed, down, downcast, downhearted, frustrated, hopeless, unhappy, unsatisfied, upset, balked, chapfallen, down in the dumps, foiled, objecting, shot down, taken down, thwarted, vanquished, worsted |
| Antonyms: | delighted, excited, happy, pleased, satisfied |
| Main Entry: | discouraged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disheartened |
| Synonyms: | beat, blue, crestfallen, depressed, dispirited, down, downbeat, downcast, glum*, pessimistic, sad, beat-down, caved-in, come-apart, dashed, daunted, deterred, dismayed, down-in-mouth, gone to pieces, in a funk, in blue funk, in the dumps, lost momentum |
| Antonyms: | encouraged, inspired, heartened |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dismal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bleak, dreary, gloomy |
| Synonyms: | black, boring, cheerless, cloudy, dark, depressed, depressing, desolate, despondent, dim, dingy, disagreeable, discouraging, doleful, dolorous, dull, forlorn, frowning, funereal, ghastly, gruesome, hopeless, horrible, inauspicious, joyless, lonesome, lowering, lugubrious, melancholy, miserable, monotonous, morbid, murky, oppressive, overcast, sad, shadowy, somber, sorrowful, tedious, tenebrous, troublesome, unfortunate, unhappy, afflictive, disheartening, dispiriting, horrid, in the pits |
| Antonyms: | bright, cheerful, glad, happy, hopeful, light, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | dispirited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dejected, sad |
| Synonyms: | blue*, crestfallen, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, down*, downbeat, downcast, downhearted, funky*, gloomy, glum, low, melancholy, morose, spiritless, woebegone, bummed-out, disheartened, dragged, in the doldrums, shot-down |
| Antonyms: | encouraged, enthused, happy, heartened, inspirited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doleful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressing |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, cheerless, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, dismal, dispirited, distressing, dolorous, down, down in the mouth*, downcast, downhearted, dreary, forlorn, funereal, gloomy, lamentable, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, painful, piteous, pitiful, plaintive, rueful, sad, somber, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful, wretched, cast down, dirgeful, dolent, grieving |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, elated, glad, gleeful, happy, joyful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fed up |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgusted with |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, blasé, blue*, bored, depressed, discontented, dismal, dissatisfied, down, gloomy, glum, jaded, tired, weary, sated, satiated, sick and tired, surfeited, up to here |
| Antonyms: | happy, overjoyed, pleased |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forlorn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeless, inconsolable |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, alone, bereft, blue*, cheerless, cynical, defenseless, depressed, deserted, desolate, despairing, desperate, despondent, destitute, destroyed, disconsolate, dragging*, forgotten, forsaken, friendless, fruitless, futile, godforsaken*, helpless, homeless, lonely, lonesome, lost, miserable, oppressed, pathetic, pessimistic, pitiful, solitary, tragic, unhappy, vain, woebegone, wretched, comfortless, down and out, in the dumps, pitiable, weighed down |
| Notes: | lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship, while lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness; forlorn and desolate are even more isolated and sad |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy, hopeful, joyful, pleased, comforted, consolable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glum |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sullen |
| Synonyms: | blue, dejected, depressed, dismal, dispirited, down, gloomy, low, melancholy, morose, sad, sulky, bummed out |
| Main Entry: | grief-stricken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sad, sorrowful |
| Synonyms: | cheerless, dejected, depressed, despairing, distressed, down, heartbroken, heartsick, heavyhearted, inconsolable, melancholy, miserable, morose, overcome, troubled, unhappy, woebegone, anguished, devastated, hurting |
| Main Entry: | heartsick |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | despondent |
| Synonyms: | blue, dejected, depressed, despairing, disappointed, disconsolate, down, forlorn, inconsolable, low, melancholy, mournful, sad, unhappy, woebegone, all torn up, bummed-out, disheartened, grieving, heavy-hearted |
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