| Main Entry: | blue devils |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression |
Synonyms: |
blahs, blue Johnnies, blues, d.t.'s, delirium tremens, despair, despondency, dumps, funk, gloom, low spirits, melancholy, mopes, mubblefubbles, mulligrubs, pink elephants, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | gloom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | melancholy, depression |
Synonyms: |
anguish, bitterness, blue devils, blue funk, blues, catatonia, chagrin, cheerlessness, dejection, desolation, despair, despondency, disconsolateness, discouragement, dismals, distress, doldrums, dolor, downheartedness, dullness, dumps, foreboding, grief, heaviness, heavy-heartedness, horror, low spirits, malaise, misery, misgiving, mopes, morbidity, mourning, oppression, pensiveness, pessimism, sadness, saturninity, sorrow, unhappiness, vexation, weariness, woe |
Antonyms: |
animation, cheer, contentedness, encouragement, happiness, joy, sparkle, vivaciousness |
| Main Entry: | melancholy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression, sadness |
Synonyms: |
blahs, blue devils, blue funk, blues, boredom, bummer, dejection, despair, desperation, despondency, dismals, dolefuls, dolor, down trip, downer, dumps, ennui, funk, gloom, gloominess, grief, letdown, low spirits, miserableness, misery, mopes, mournfulness, pensiveness, sorrow, tedium, unhappiness, wistfulness, woe, wretchedness |
Antonyms: |
cheer, happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | sadness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unhappiness, depression |
Synonyms: |
anguish, blahs, bleakness, blue devils, blue funk, broken heart, bummer, cheerlessness, dejection, despondency, disconsolateness, dismals, dispiritedness, distress, dolefulness, dolor, downcastness, downer, dysphoria, forlornness, funk, gloominess, grief, grieving, heartache, heartbreak, heavy heart, hopelessness, letdown, listlessness, melancholy, misery, moodiness, mopes, mournfulness, mourning, poignancy, sorrow, sorrowfulness, the blues, the dumps, tribulation, woe |
Antonyms: |
cheer, gladness, happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | slump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decline, failure |
Synonyms: |
bad period, bad times, blight, blue devils, blue funk, bottom, bust, collapse, crash, depreciation, depression, descent, dip, downer, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, dumps, fall, falling-off, funk, hard times, letdown, low, rainy days, recession, reverse, rut, sag, slide, slip, stagnation, the skids, trough |
Antonyms: |
blessing, boon, increase, success |
| Main Entry: | delirium tremens |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delirium and tremors caused by alcohol withdrawal |
Synonyms: |
DT's, blue Johnnies, blue devils, delirium alcoholicum, delirium ebriositatis, dementia a potu, heebie-jeebies, horrors, jimjams, mania, pink elephants, pink spiders, screaming meemies, shakes, snakes in the boots, the DTs |
| Main Entry: | glumness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gloom |
Synonyms: |
anguish, bitterness, blue devils, blue funk, blues, catatonia, chagrin, cheerlessness, dejection, depression, desolation, despair, despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, discouragement, dismals, distress, doldrums, dolefulness, dolor, downheartedn |
| Main Entry: | heavy-heartedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gloom |
Synonyms: |
anguish, bitterness, blue devils, blue funk, blues, catatonia, chagrin, cheerlessness, dejection, depression, desolation, despair, despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, discouragement, dismals, distress, doldrums, dolefulness, dolor, downheartedn |
| Main Entry: | mournfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gloom |
Synonyms: |
anguish, bitterness, blue devils, blue funk, blues, catatonia, chagrin, cheerlessness, dejection, depression, desolation, despair, despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, discouragement, dismals, distress, doldrums, dolefulness, dolor, downheartedness, dullness, dumps, dysphoria, foreboding, funk, glumness, grief, heaviness, heavy-heartedness, horror, low spirits, malaise, melancholy, misery, misgiving, mope, mopes, morbidity, mourning, oppression, pensiveness, pessimism, sadness, saturninity, sorrow, unhappiness, vexation, weariness, woe |