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Main Entry: dejection
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: despondency

Synonyms:

depression, grief, melancholy, sadness, sorrow
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Main Entry: dejection
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
black, flat, low, a prey to melancholy, at a low ebb, atrabilious, bearish, bilious, bowed down, broken, broken down, cheerless, chopfallen, clouded, clouded over, comfortless, crestfallen, cross, cut up, dark, dashed, demure, depressed, depressing, desolate, despondent, desponding, disaffected, disappointing, disconsolate, discontented, discouraged, disheartened, dismal, disquixotted, dissatisfied, dissentient, doleful, dolent, dolesome, dorty, dour, down in the mouth, down on one's luck, downcast, downfallen, downhearted, downtrodden, dreadful, dreary, dull as a beetle, dull as ditchwater, dumpish, dyspeptic, dysthymic, epicedian, exacting, exigent, farouche, forlorn, frowning, funereal, gloomy, glum, grave as a judge, grave as a mustard pot, grave as an undertaker, grim, grim, grum, hangdog, heart, heartsick, hipped, hypercritical, hypochondriacal, hyppish, ill at ease, in bad humor, in despair, in doleful dumps, in low spirits, in tears, in the doldrums, in the dumps, in the suds, in the sulks, inconsolable, infelicific, insatiate, jaundiced, jawfallen, joyless, lackadaisical, lacrymose, lamentable, latrant, liversick, long, lowering, luctual, lugubrious, malcontent, melancholic, melancholy as a gib, moody, moping, mopish, morose, mournful, mumpish, oppressed with melancholy, out of heart, out of humor, out of sorts, out of spirits, overcome, pensive, prostrate, querent, regretful, repining, rueful, sad, saturnine, sedate, serious, sick at heart, sober, solemn, somber, sore, soul, soured, spiritless, spleenful, splenetic, staid, stayed, subtrist, sulky, sullen, sullen, tristful, uncheerful, uncheery, unconsolable, ungratified, unhappy, unlively, unmanned, unnerved, unsatisfactory, unsatisfied, unsonsy, wan, weary, wobegone
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Dejection.
Category: 1. Passive Affections

Synonyms:

-nouns
dejection; dejectedness; depression, prosternation; lowness of spirits, depression of spirits; weight on the spirits, oppression on the spirits, damp on the spirits; low spirits, bad spirits, drooping spirits, depressed spirits; heart sinking; heaviness of heart, failure of heart., heaviness; infestivity, gloom; weariness; taedium vitae, disgust of life; mal du pays (regret); anhedonia., melancholy; sadness; il penseroso, melancholia, dismals, blues, lachrymals, mumps, dumps, blue devils, doldrums; vapors, megrims, spleen, horrors, hypochondriasis, pessimism; la maladie sans maladie; despondency, slough of Despond; disconsolateness; hope deferred, blank despondency; voiceless woe., prostration of soul; broken heart; despair; cave of despair, cave of Trophonius, demureness; gravity, solemnity; long face, grave face., hypochondriac, seek sorrow, self-tormentor, heautontimorumenos, malade imaginaire, medecin tant pis; croaker, pessimist; mope, mopus., [Cause of dejection] affliction [more]; sorry sight; memento mori; damper, wet blanket, Job's comforter.
-verbs
be dejected; grieve; mourn (lament); take on, give way, lose heart, despond, droop, sink., lower, look downcast, frown, pout; hang down the head; pull a long face, make a long face; laugh on the wrong side of the mouth; grin a ghastly smile; look blue, look like a drowned man; lay to heart, take to heart., mope, brood over; fret; sulk; pine, pine away; yearn; repine (regret); despair., refrain from laughter, keep one's countenance; be grave, look grave adj.; repress a smile., depress; discourage, dishearten; dispirit; damp, dull, deject, lower, sink, dash, knock down, unman, prostrate, break one's heart; frown upon; cast a gloom, cast a shade on; sadden; damp one's hopes, dash one's hopes, wither one's hopes; weigh on the mind, lie heavy on the mind, prey on the mind, weigh on the spirits, lie heavy on the spirits, prey on the spirits; damp the spirits, depress the spirits, dampen the spirits.
-adjectives
cheerless, joyless, spiritless; uncheerful, uncheery; unlively; unhappy; melancholy, dismal, somber, dark, gloomy, triste, cluded, murky, lowering, frowning, lugubrious, funereal, mournful, lamentable, dreadful., dreary, flat; dull, dull as a beetle, dull as ditchwater; depressing v., "melancholy as a gib cat"; oppressed with melancholy, a prey to melancholy; downcast, downhearted; down in the mouth, down in one;s luck; heavy-hearted; in the dumps, in the suds, in the sulks, in the doldrums; in doleful dumps, in bad humor; sullen; mumpish, dumpish, mopish, moping; moody, glum; sulky (discontented); out of sorts, out of humor, out of heart, out of spirits; ill at ease, low spirited, in low spirits, a cup too low; weary; discouraged, disheartened; desponding; chapfallen, chopfallen, jaw fallen, crest fallen., sad, pensive, penseroso, tristful; dolesome, doleful; woebegone; lachrymose, in tears, melancholic, hypped, hypochondriacal, bilious, jaundiced, atrabilious, saturnine, splenetic; lackadaisical.
-adverbs
with a long face, with tears in one's eyes; sadly
-phrases
the countenance falling; the heart failing, the heart sinking within one; "a plague of sighing and grief" [Henry IV]; thick-ey'd musing and curs'd melancholy" [Henry

Antonyms:

cheerfulness
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Main Entry: blues
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: depression

Synonyms:

dejection, despondency, doldrums, dumps, gloom, gloominess, glumness, heavy heart, low spirits, melancholy, moodiness, mournfulness, sadness, the dismals, the mopes, unhappiness

Antonyms:

euphoria, gaiety, gladness, happiness
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: desolation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: distress, unhappiness

Synonyms:

anguish, dejection, despair, gloom, gloominess, loneliness, melancholy, misery, mourning, sadness, sorrow, woe, wretchedness

Antonyms:

cheer, comfort, happiness, joy
Main Entry: despair
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: depression, hopelessness

Synonyms:

anguish, dashed hopes, dejection, desperation, despondency, discouragement, disheartenment, forlornness, gloom, melancholy, misery, ordeal, pain, sorrow, trial, tribulation, wretchedness

Antonyms:

cheer, cheerfulness, confidence, faith, happiness, hopefulness, joy, joyfulness, trust
Main Entry: desperation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hopelessness

Synonyms:

agony, anguish, anxiety, concern, dejection, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, disconsolateness, distraction, distress, fear, gloom, grief, heartache, melancholy, misery, pain, pang, sorrow, torture, trouble, unhappiness, worry

Antonyms:

confidence, contentment, security
Main Entry: discouragement
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: despondency

Synonyms:

cold feet, dejection, depression, despair, disappointment, discomfiture, dismay, downheartedness, hopelessness, loss of confidence, low spirits, melancholy, pessimism, sadness, the blues

Antonyms:

cheerfulness, happiness, hopefulness
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
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