| Main Entry: | disconsolate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, unhappy |
Synonyms: |
bad, black, blue, cheerless, cold, comfortless, crestfallen, crushed, dark, dejected, desolate, despairing, destroyed, dispirited, distressed, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, dreary, forlorn, gloomy, grief-stricken, heartbroken, hopeless, hurting, in pain, in the pits, inconsolable, low, melancholy, miserable, ripped, sad, somber, sorrowful, torn-up, woebegone, woeful, wretched |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, consoled, happy, solaced, soothed |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sorry |
Synonyms: |
apologetic, conscience-stricken, contrite, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, down, downcast, downhearted, guilty, low, regretful, remorseful, sad, upset, woebegone |
| Notes: | badly is an adverb to describe an activity; bad is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Main Entry: | blue |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sad |
Synonyms: |
dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, down in the dumps, downcast, downhearted, fed up*, gloomy, glum, low, melancholy, moody, unhappy, woebegone |
Antonyms: |
gay, happy, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, upbeat |
| Main Entry: | brokenhearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | devastated |
Synonyms: |
crestfallen, crushed, desolate, despairing, despondent, disappointed, disconsolate, grief-stricken, grieved, heartbroken, heartsick, heartsore, inconsolable, miserable, mournful, prostrated, sorrowful, wretched |
Antonyms: |
happy, lighthearted, pleased |
| Main Entry: | cheerless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressing, unhappy |
Synonyms: |
austere, black, bleak, blue, comfortless, dark, dejected, dejecting, depressed, desolate, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, dolorous, drab, draggy, drearisome, dreary, dull, forlorn, funereal, gloomy, grim, in the dumps, jarring, joyless, melancholy, miserable, mopey, mournful, oppressive, sad, somber, sorrowful, sullen, tenebrific, uncomfortable, wintry, woebegone, woeful |
Antonyms: |
bright, cheerful, happy, uplifting |
| Main Entry: | crestfallen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disappointed |
Synonyms: |
ass in a sling, blue, cast down, chapfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited, down, down in the dumps, downcast, downhearted, in a funk, inconsolable, low, sad, singing the blues, taken down |
Antonyms: |
cheered, elated, encouraged, excited, happy, hearted, inspirited |
| Main Entry: | dejected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, blue |
Synonyms: |
abject, all torn up, atrabilious, black, bleak, broody, bummed out, cast down, cheerless, clouded, crestfallen, dampened, dashed, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dismal, dispirited, doleful, down, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, drooping, droopy, gloomy, glum, heavyhearted, hurting, in the pits, low, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, moody, mopey, mopish, morose, sad, sagging, shot down, spiritless, woebegone, wretched |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, encouraged, happy, joyous |
| Main Entry: | depressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discouraged |
Synonyms: |
bad, bleeding, blue*, bummed out, cast-down, crestfallen, crummy, dejected, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dispirited, down, down and out, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, fed up*, glum, grim, hurting, in a blue funk, in pain, in the dumps, in the pits, in the toilet, let down, low, low-down, low-spirited, lugubrious, melancholy, moody, morose, on a downer, pessimistic, ripped, sad, sob story, spiritless, taken down, torn up, unhappy, weeping, woebegone |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, comforted, encouraged, happy, satisfied, unburdened |
| Main Entry: | desolate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, despondent |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, acheronian, bereft, black, bleak, blue, cheerless, comfortless, companionless, dejected, disconsolate, dismal, dolorous, down, downcast, forlorn, forsaken, funereal, gloomy, hurting, in a blue funk, inconsolable, joyless, lonely, lonesome, lorn, melancholy, miserable, somber, tragic, wretched |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, happy, pleased |
| 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 |