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despondency - 19 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | despondency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dejection |
| Synonyms: | depression, despair, gloom, grief, sadness |
| Main Entry: | blues |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression |
| Synonyms: | dejection, despondency, doldrums, dumps*, gloom, heavy heart*, melancholy, sadness, unhappiness, gloominess, glumness, low spirits, moodiness, mournfulness, the dismals, the mopes |
| Antonyms: | euphoria, gaiety, gladness, happiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | despair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression, hopelessness |
| Synonyms: | anguish, dejection, desperation, despondency, discouragement, gloom, melancholy, misery, ordeal, pain, sorrow, trial, tribulation, wretchedness, dashed hopes, disheartenment, forlornness |
| Antonyms: | cheer, cheerfulness, confidence, faith, happiness, joy, trust, hopefulness, joyfulness |
| Main Entry: | emotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental state |
| Synonyms: | affect, affection, agitation, anger, ardor, commotion, concern, desire, despair, despondency, disturbance, drive, ecstasy, elation, empathy, excitement, feeling, fervor, grief, gut reaction, happiness, inspiration, joy, love, melancholy, passion, perturbation, pride, rage, remorse, sadness, satisfaction, sensation, sensibility, sentiment, shame, sorrow, sympathy, thrill, tremor, vehemence, warmth, zeal, affectivity, excitability, responsiveness, sensitiveness, vibes |
| Antonyms: | physicality |
| Main Entry: | funk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fear, depression |
| Synonyms: | alarm, despondency, fright, gloom, misery, panic, cold sweat, trembling |
| Antonyms: | happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | grief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental suffering |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, anguish, bereavement, care, dejection, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, disquiet, distress, dole, dolor, gloom, grievance, harassment, heartache, heartbreak, lamenting, malaise, melancholy, misery, mortification, mourning, pain, purgatory, regret, remorse, rue, sadness, sorrow, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, vexation, woe, worry, wretchedness, bemoaning, bewailing, deploring, infelicity, lamentation, mournfulness, repining |
| Antonyms: | delight, ecstasy, exhilaration, happiness |
| Main Entry: | heartache |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anguish, sorrow |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, bitterness, dejection, depression, despair, despondency, distress, dolor, grief, heartbreak, heavy heart, misery, pang, remorse, sadness, suffering, torment, torture, broken heart, hurting |
| Main Entry: | melancholy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression, sadness |
| Synonyms: | blue devils, blue funk, blues*, boredom, bummer*, dejection, despair, desperation, despondency, dolor, downer*, dumps, ennui, funk, gloom, grief, letdown, misery, sorrow, tedium, unhappiness, woe, wretchedness, blahs, dismals, dolefuls, down trip, gloominess, low spirits, miserableness, mopes, mournfulness, pensiveness, wistfulness |
| Antonyms: | cheer, happiness, joy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pessimism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in bad outcome |
| Synonyms: | cynicism, dejection, depression, despair, despondency, distrust, gloom, grief, melancholy, sadness, unhappiness, dark side, dim view, dyspepsia, expectation of worst, gloominess, gloomy outlook, glumness, hopelessness, low spirits |
| Antonyms: | confidence, optimism, trust |
| Main Entry: | sadness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unhappiness, depression |
| Synonyms: | anguish, blue devils, blue funk, bummer, dejection, despondency, distress, dolor, downer*, dysphoria, funk, grief, heartache, heartbreak, heavy heart*, letdown, listlessness, melancholy, misery, mourning, poignancy, sorrow, tribulation, woe, blahs, bleakness, broken heart, cheerlessness, disconsolateness, dismals, dispiritedness, dolefulness, downcastness, forlornness, gloominess, grieving, hopelessness, moodiness, mopes, mournfulness, sorrowfulness, the blues, the dumps |
| Antonyms: | cheer, gladness, happiness, joy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wretchedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misery |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, anguish, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, discontent, distress, grief, pain, sadness, suffering, torment, unhappiness, woe, abjection, melancholia |
| Antonyms: | happiness, joyousness |
| 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: | blue funk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sad mood |
| Synonyms: | depression, despondency, funk, gloom |
| Main Entry: | depression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | low spirits; despair |
| Synonyms: | abasement, blue funk, bummer, dejection, desolation, desperation, despondency, discouragement, distress, dole, dolor, dullness, dumps, ennui, gloom, melancholy, misery, mortification, qualm, sadness, sorrow, trouble, unhappiness, worry, abjection, abjectness, blahs, bleakness, cheerlessness, disconsolation, dispiritedness, dolefulness, downheartedness, dreariness, gloominess, heaviness of heart, heavyheartedness, hopelessness, lowness, lugubriosity, melancholia, the blues, vapors, woefulness |
| Antonyms: | cheerfulness, encouragement, happiness, hope, hopefulness |
| Main Entry: | desperation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hopelessness |
| Synonyms: | agony, anguish, anxiety, concern, dejection, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, distraction, distress, fear, gloom, grief, heartache, melancholy, misery, pain, pang, sorrow, torture, trouble, unhappiness, worry, disconsolateness |
| Antonyms: | confidence, contentment, security |
| Main Entry: | gloom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | melancholy, depression |
| Synonyms: | anguish, bitterness, blue devils, blue funk, blues*, chagrin, dejection, desolation, despair, despondency, discouragement, distress, doldrums, dolor, dullness, dumps*, foreboding, grief, heaviness, horror, malaise, misery, misgiving, mourning, oppression, pessimism, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness, vexation, weariness, woe, catatonia, cheerlessness, disconsolateness, dismals, downheartedness, heavy-heartedness, low spirits, mopes, morbidity, pensiveness, saturninity |
| Antonyms: | animation, cheer, encouragement, happiness, joy, sparkle, contentedness, vivaciousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain, mental or physical |
| Synonyms: | ache, agony, anguish, bad news*, blues*, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, distress, dolor, gloom, grief, hardship, headache, heartache, melancholy, pang, passion, sadness, sorrow, squalor, stitch, suffering, throe, torment, torture, twinge, unhappiness, woe, worry, wretchedness, anvil chorus, hurting, worriment |
| Antonyms: | cheer, delight, fun, gladness, happiness, joy, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disappointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental upset; displeasure |
| Synonyms: | adversity, blow, chagrin, defeat, despondency, discontent, discouragement, disillusion, dissatisfaction, distress, failure, frustration, letdown, mortification, regret, setback, adverse fate, bafflement, disenchantment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, lack of success, nonsuccess, the knocks, unfulfillment |
| Antonyms: | delight, encouragement, euphoria, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | pain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental suffering |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, anguish, anxiety, bitterness, despondency, distress, grief, heartache, hurt, malaise, martyrdom, misery, rack, sadness, shock, suffering, torment, torture, travail, tribulation, woe, worry, wretchedness |
| Notes: | a pain is something that hurts; an ache is a prolonged dull pain a pain is something that hurts as a consequence of injury, disease, or emotional disorder; a pane is a sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors |
| Antonyms: | cheer, happiness, joy, pleasure, well-being |
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