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| Main Entry: | destroyed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ruined |
| Synonyms: | broken, lost, obliterated, overwhelmed, ruined, smashed, wasted, wrecked, abolished, annihilated, blasted, blighted, consumed, demolished, devastated, devoured, disintegrated, eradicated, felled, gutted, incinerated, killed, ravaged, razed, sacked, shattered, torn down, totaled, wiped out |
| Antonyms: | intact, protected, restored, saved |
| Main Entry: | destroy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, devastate |
| Synonyms: | abort, annihilate, annul, butcher*, consume, cream*, crush, damage, deface, desolate, despoil, dismantle, dispatch, end, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut*, impair, kill, level, liquidate, maim, mar, maraud, mutilate, nuke*, nullify, overturn, quash, quell, ravage, ravish, raze, ruin, sabotage, shatter, slay, smash, snuff out*, stamp out, suppress, tear down, total, trash*, vaporize, waste, wax*, wipe out, wreck, zap*, axe, blot out, break down, lay waste, spoliate, swallow up, torpedo* |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create, improve, repair, restore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disconsolate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, unhappy |
| Synonyms: | bad, black, blue, cheerless, cold, crestfallen, dark, dejected, desolate, despairing, destroyed, dispirited, distressed, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, dreary, forlorn, gloomy, grief-stricken, heartbroken, hopeless, inconsolable, low, melancholy, miserable, sad, somber, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful, wretched, comfortless, crushed, hurting, in pain, in the pits, ripped, torn-up |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy, consoled, solaced, soothed |
| Main Entry: | done for |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ruined or defeated |
| Synonyms: | beaten, beaten, broken, dead, defeated, defeated, destroyed, done in, doomed, dying, exhausted, finished, kaput, lost, ruined, shot, through, tired, undone, washed-up*, washed-up, wrecked, ausgespielt, conquered, cooked, dashed, eighty-sixed, foiled, had it, packed-up, sunk, vanquished |
| Antonyms: | accomplished, successful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doomed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | condemned, hopeless |
| Synonyms: | bewitched, cursed, cut down, damned, destroyed, done, done for*, fated, fey, ill-fated, kiss of death*, lost, luckless, overthrown, overwhelmed, que sera sera*, reprobate, ruined, star-crossed, threatened, undone, unfortunate, wrecked, bedeviled, convicted, dead duck, foreordained, ill-omened, in the cards, menaced, predestined, sentenced, sunk, suppressed, thrown down, unredeemed |
| Antonyms: | hopeful, lucky |
* = 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: | ill-fated/ill-starred |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doomed |
| Synonyms: | destroyed, disastrous, hapless, inauspicious, luckless, ruined, star-crossed*, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, blighted, catastrophic, ill-omened, misfortunate |
| Antonyms: | happy, lucky |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irreparable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to be fixed |
| Synonyms: | broken, destroyed, hopeless, impossible, incorrigible, incurable, ruined, beyond repair, cureless, irrecoverable, irredeemable, irremediable, irremedial, irreplaceable, irretrievable, irreversible, uncorrectable, unrecoverable |
| Antonyms: | reparable, fixable, mendable, repairable |
| Main Entry: | kaput |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ruined, wrecked |
| Synonyms: | dead*, destroyed, done for, down the drain*, finished, out of business, all washed up, belly-up, burned out, cooked, down and out, down for the count, down the tubes, floored, had it, nonfunctioning, on the skids, out of circulation, sunk, totaled, washed up, wiped out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | melancholy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, sad |
| Synonyms: | blue*, dejected, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, doleful, dolorous, down*, down in the mouth*, downbeat, downcast, downhearted, droopy, funereal, gloomy, glum, grim, heavyhearted, joyless, lachrymose, low, low-spirited, lugubrious, miserable, moody, mournful, pensive, somber, sorrowful, sorry*, trite, unhappy, wet blanket*, wistful, woebegone, woeful, down and out, down in the dumps, dragged, in blue funk, mirthless, moony, saddened, saddening, torn up |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy, joyful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | worn/worn-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | used, tired |
| Synonyms: | beat, bushed*, depleted, destroyed, deteriorated, drained, drawn, effete, exhausted, fatigued, gone, hackneyed, haggard, jaded, kaput*, old, overworked, pooped*, ragged, ruined, shabby, shot, spent, stale, tattered, threadbare, timeworn, useless, weary, burned out, busted, clichéd, consumed, frayed, had it, knocked out, out of gas, overused, pinched, played out, the worse for wear, tired out, totaled, used up, wearied, well-worn, wiped out, worn down, wrung out |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, unused |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ill-fated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doomed |
| Synonyms: | destroyed, disastrous, hapless, inauspicious, luckless, ruined, star-crossed, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, blighted, catastrophic, ill-omened, ill-starred, misfortunate |
| Main Entry: | worn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | used |
| Synonyms: | beat, bushed, depleted, destroyed, deteriorated, drained, drawn, effete, exhausted, fatigued, gone, hackneyed, haggard, jaded, kaput, old, overworked, pooped, ragged, ruined, shabby, shot, spent, stale, tattered, threadbare, timeworn, tired, useless, weary, worn-out, burned out, busted, clichéd, consumed, dinged, frayed, had it, knocked out, overused, pegged out, pinched, played-out, tired out, totaled, used up, wearied, well-worn, wiped out, worn-down, wrung out |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, unused |
| Main Entry: | obliterated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | eliminated |
| Synonyms: | destroyed, removed, annihilated, blotted out, erased, wiped out |
| 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: | desolate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unused, barren |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, bare, bleak, derelict, desert, destroyed, dreary, empty, forsaken, godforsaken*, isolated, lonely, lonesome, ruined, solitary, uninhabited, unoccupied, vacant, waste, wild, lorn, unfrequented |
| Antonyms: | used, cultivated, populated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dissipated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | used up |
| Synonyms: | blown, destroyed, exhausted, kaput*, scattered, spent, wasted, burnt out, consumed, played out, squandered |
| Antonyms: | gathered, saved, stored, accumulated, hoarded |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | miserable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhappy, depressed |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, ailing, brokenhearted, crestfallen, dejected, desolate, despairing, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, discontented, distressed, doleful, dolorous, down, down in the mouth*, downcast, forlorn, gloomy, heartbroken, hopeless, hurt, ill, injured, melancholy, mournful, pained, pathetic, rueful, sad, sick, sickly, sorrowful, strained, suffering, tragic, troubled, woebegone, wounded, wretched, agonized, anguished, hurting, in pain, on a downer, pitiable, racked, ruthful, tormented, tortured |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, elated, happy, joyful, merry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unhappy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sad |
| Synonyms: | bleak, blue*, cheerless, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, down*, down in the mouth*, downbeat, downcast, dreary, gloomy, grim, low, melancholy, miserable, mournful, oppressive, put away*, sorrowful, sorry, troubled, bleeding, bummed out, down and out, dragged, heavy-hearted, hurting, in a blue funk, in pain, in the dumps, let-down, long-faced, mirthless, ripped, saddened, teary |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, glad, happy, joyous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smashed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | wrecked |
| Synonyms: | broken, destroyed, mashed, crumbled, crushed, demolished, shattered |
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