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| Main Entry: | down |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | below; physically lower |
| Synonyms: | depressed, downgrade, downhill, downward, falling, inferior, nether, sinking, subjacent, under, underneath, bottomward, cascading, declining, descending, dropping, earthward, gravitating, groundward, precipitating, sagging, sliding, slipping, slumping, to the bottom |
| Antonyms: | above, higher |
| Main Entry: | down |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhappy |
| Synonyms: | bad, blue*, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, dispirited, downcast, downhearted, low, miserable, off, sad, slack, sluggish, cast down, chapfallen, disheartened |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, cheery, happy, heartened |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ailing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not feeling well |
| Synonyms: | below par, debilitated, diseased, down, feeble, ill, indisposed, rocky*, run down*, sick, sickly, under the weather*, unwell, weak, down with, enfeebled, feeling awful, sick as a dog, wasting |
| Antonyms: | healthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aside |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | away from; to the side |
| Synonyms: | abreast, afar, alone, alongside, apart, away, beside, down, near, nearby, out, out of the way, privately, separately, by oneself, in isolation, in reserve, neck and neck, sidewise |
| Antonyms: | middle |
| Main Entry: | below |
| Part of Speech: | adverb, preposition |
| Definition: | lower |
| Synonyms: | beneath, down, under, underneath, down from |
| Antonyms: | above, over |
| Main Entry: | blow over |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disappear slowly |
| Synonyms: | cease, dissipate, end, finish, pass, peter out*, subside, vanish, die down, fizzle out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drink quickly |
| Synonyms: | down, chug-a-lug, drink in one draft |
| Main Entry: | comedown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | letdown, blow |
| Synonyms: | anticlimax, blow, collapse, comeuppance, crash, decline, defeat, descent, disappointment, discomfiture, dive, down, downfall, failure, fall, flop*, humiliation, reverse, ruin, setback, undoing, wreck, cropper, deflation, demotion, pratfall |
| Antonyms: | ascent, boon, boost, fortune, promotion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crestfallen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disappointed |
| Synonyms: | blue, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, inconsolable, low, sad, ass in a sling, cast down, chapfallen, disheartened, down in the dumps, in a funk, singing the blues, taken down |
| Antonyms: | elated, encouraged, excited, happy, cheered, hearted, inspirited |
| Main Entry: | damaged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken, not working |
| Synonyms: | bent, down, gone, hurt, impaired, imperfect, injured, kaput*, on the blink*, on the fritz, run-down, shot, spoiled, unsound, beat-up, blemished, busted, dinged, flawed, flubbed, fouled up, glitched, in need of repair, in poor condition, in smithereens, loused up, marred, messed up, mucked up, no go, out of action, out of kilter, out of whack, screwed up, snafued, sunk, totaled |
| Antonyms: | fixed, mended, perfect, repaired, unbroken, undamaged, working, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decrease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow less or make less |
| Synonyms: | abate, calm down, check, contract, crumble, curb, curtail, cut down, decay, decline, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, droop, drop, drop off, dwindle, ease, ebb, evaporate, fade, fall off, lessen, let up, lighten, lower, modify, peter out, quell, quiet, reduce, restrain, settle, shrink, shrivel, sink, slacken, slash, slump, soften, subside, wane, waste, weaken, wear down, wither, devaluate, die down, dry up, lose edge, narrow down, run low, slack off, slow down, tail off, wear away |
| Antonyms: | add, develop, enlarge, expand, grow, increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | dejected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, blue |
| Synonyms: | abject, black, bleak, cheerless, crestfallen, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, dismal, dispirited, doleful, down, down in the mouth*, downcast, downhearted, drooping, droopy, gloomy, glum, heavyhearted, low, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, moody, morose, sad, spiritless, woebegone, wretched, all torn up, atrabilious, broody, bummed out, cast down, clouded, dampened, dashed, disheartened, down in the dumps, dragged, hurting, in the pits, mopey, mopish, sagging, shot down |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, encouraged, happy, joyous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | despicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful; beyond contempt |
| Synonyms: | abject, awful, base, beastly, cheap, contemptible, degrading, detestable, dirty, disgraceful, disreputable, down, ignominious, infamous, insignificant, loathsome, low, mean, pitiful, reprehensible, shameful, slimy*, sordid, vile, worthless, wretched, low-life, no-good |
| Antonyms: | desirous, honorable, respectable, virtuous, worthy, likeable, loveable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | despondent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed |
| Synonyms: | blue*, dejected, despairing, disconsolate, discouraged, dispirited, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, forlorn, gloomy, glum, hopeless, low, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, morose, mourning, sad, sorrowful, woebegone, wretched, all torn up, bummed-out, cast-down, disheartened, griefstricken, grieving, in a blue funk, in despair, in the pits, shot down |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, elated, happy, hopeful, spirited, up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disappointed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | let down, saddened |
| Synonyms: | aghast, beaten, complaining, crestfallen, defeated, depressed, despondent, disconcerted, discontented, discouraged, disenchanted, disgruntled, disillusioned, dissatisfied, distressed, down, downcast, downhearted, frustrated, hopeless, unhappy, unsatisfied, upset, balked, chapfallen, down in the dumps, foiled, objecting, shot down, taken down, thwarted, vanquished, worsted |
| Antonyms: | delighted, excited, happy, pleased, satisfied |
| 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: | discouraged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disheartened |
| Synonyms: | beat, blue, crestfallen, depressed, dispirited, down, downbeat, downcast, glum*, pessimistic, sad, beat-down, caved-in, come-apart, dashed, daunted, deterred, dismayed, down-in-mouth, gone to pieces, in a funk, in blue funk, in the dumps, lost momentum |
| Antonyms: | encouraged, inspired, heartened |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dispirited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dejected, sad |
| Synonyms: | blue*, crestfallen, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, down*, downbeat, downcast, downhearted, funky*, gloomy, glum, low, melancholy, morose, spiritless, woebegone, bummed-out, disheartened, dragged, in the doldrums, shot-down |
| Antonyms: | encouraged, enthused, happy, heartened, inspirited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disrepair |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken; deteriorated |
| Synonyms: | damaged, dead, decayed, decrepit, down, kaput*, on the blink*, on the fritz, out of commission*, out of order, worn out, busted, not functioning, wracked |
| Antonyms: | good, unbroken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doleful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressing |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, cheerless, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, dismal, dispirited, distressing, dolorous, down, down in the mouth*, downcast, downhearted, dreary, forlorn, funereal, gloomy, lamentable, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, painful, piteous, pitiful, plaintive, rueful, sad, somber, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful, wretched, cast down, dirgeful, dolent, grieving |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, elated, glad, gleeful, happy, joyful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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