| 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: | nervousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anxious state |
Synonyms: |
agitation, all-overs, anger, animation, butterflies, cold sweat, creeps, delirium, discomfiture, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, excitability, feverishness, fidgets, flap, fluster*, fuss*, impatience, jitters, jumps, moodiness, neurasthenia, neuroticism, perturbation, quivers, sensitivity, shakes, stage fright, stimulation, stress, tension, timidity, tizzy, to-do, touchiness, trembles, tremulousness, turbulence, uneasiness, willies, worry |
Antonyms: |
calm, calmness, collectedness |
| Main Entry: | sadness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unhappiness, depression |
Synonyms: |
anguish, blahs, bleakness, blue devils, blue funk, broken heart, bummer, cheerlessness, dejection, despondency, disconsolateness, dismals, dispiritedness, distress, dolefulness, dolor, downcastness, downer, dysphoria, forlornness, funk, gloominess, grief, grieving, heartache, heartbreak, heavy heart, hopelessness, letdown, listlessness, melancholy, misery, moodiness, mopes, mournfulness, mourning, poignancy, sorrow, sorrowfulness, the blues, the dumps, tribulation, woe |
Antonyms: |
cheer, gladness, happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | unrest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of agitation; disturbance |
Synonyms: |
altercation, anarchy, annoyance, anxiety, bickering, bother, chagrin, change, confusion, contention, controversy, crisis, debate, disaffection, discontent, discord, disease, disquiet, dissatisfaction, dissension, distress, dither, ennui, grief, insurrection, irritation, malaise, moodiness, mortification, perplexity, perturbation, protest, quarrel, rebellion, restlessness, sedition, sorrow, strife, tension, tizzy, trouble, tumult, turmoil, unease, uneasiness, uproar, upset, vexation, worry |
Antonyms: |
calm, harmony, peace, rest |
| Main Entry: | sullenness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sulkiness |
Synonyms: |
acrimony, anger, gloominess, moodiness, moroseness |
| Main Entry: | jitters |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nervous restlessness |
Synonyms: |
agitation, all-overs, anger, animation, butterflies, cold sweat, creeps, delirium, discomfiture, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, excitability, feverishness, fidget, fidgets, flap, fluster*, fuss*, impatience, jump, jumps, moodiness, neurasthenia, neuroticism, perturbation, quivers, sensitivity, shakes, shiver, stage fright, stimulation, stress, tension, timidity, tizzy, to-do, touchiness, tremble, trembles, tremulousness, turbulence, uneasiness, willies, worry |
| Concept: | [more]. Sullenness. |
| Category: | 1. Social Affections |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
sullenness; morosity, spleen; churlishness (discourtesy); irascibility., moodiness; perversity; obstinacy; torvity, spinosity; crabbedness, ill temper, bad temper, ill humor, bad humor; sulks, dudgeon, mumps, dumps, doldrums, fit of the sulks, bouderie, black looks, scowl; grouch; huff (resentment).
-verbs
be sullen; sulk; frown, scowl, lower, glower, gloam, pout, have a hangdog look, glout.
-adjectives
sullen, sulky; ill-tempered, ill-humored, ill-affected, ill-disposed; grouty [U.S.]; in an ill temper, in a bad temper, in a shocking temper, in an ill humor, in a bad humor, in a shocking humor; out of temper, out of humor; knaggy, torvous, crusty, crabbed; sour, sour as a crab, crabby; surly (discourteous)., moody; spleenish, spleenly; splenetic, cankered., cross, crossgrained; perverse, wayward, humorsome; restiff, restive; cantankerous, intractable, exceptious, sinistrous, deaf to reason, unaccommodating, rusty, froward; cussed [U.S.].
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