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| 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: | 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: | dolor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misery, anguish |
| Synonyms: | agony, distress, grief, heartache, heartbreak, passion, ruth, sadness, sorrow, suffering |
| Antonyms: | cheer, happiness, hopefulness |
| 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: | ennui |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boredom |
| Synonyms: | apathy, blues, dejection, depression, dissatisfaction, doldrums, dumps*, fatigue, languor, lassitude, listlessness, melancholy, sadness, surfeit, tedium, weariness, yawn*, blahs, ho hums, lack of interest, languidness, satiety, spiritlessness |
| Antonyms: | energy, enthusiasm, excitement, liveliness, vigor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | penitence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shame, sorrow |
| Synonyms: | anguish, attrition, compunction, contrition, debasement, degradation, distress, grief, humiliation, penance, qualm, regret, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth, sadness, scruple, contriteness, humbling, remorsefulness, ruefulness, self-castigation, self-condemnation, self-flagellation, self-punishment, self-reproach |
| Antonyms: | shamelessness |
| 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: | sorrow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme upset, grief |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, anguish, bad news*, blow, blues*, care, catastrophe, dejection, depression, distress, dolor, hardship, heartache, heartbreak, lamenting, melancholy, misery, misfortune, mourning, pain, rain*, regret, remorse, repentance, rue, sadness, suffering, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, weeping, woe, worry, wretchedness, big trouble, grieving |
| Antonyms: | happiness, joy, relief |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | woe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suffering |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, agony, anguish, blues*, burden, calamity, care, cataclysm, catastrophe, curse, dejection, depression, disaster, distress, dole, drag, gloom, grief, hardship, headache*, heartache*, heartbreak, melancholy, misadventure, misery, misfortune, pain, rain*, regret, rue, sadness, sorrow, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, wretchedness, bemoaning, deploring, grieving, lamentation |
| Antonyms: | happiness, joy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dejection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | despondency |
| Synonyms: | depression, grief, melancholy, sadness, sorrow |
| Main Entry: | despondency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dejection |
| Synonyms: | depression, despair, gloom, grief, sadness |
| Main Entry: | unhappiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sorrow |
| Synonyms: | gloom, grief, heartache, melancholy, misery, sadness, woe, gloominess, joylessness |
| Antonyms: | bliss, felicity, happiness, joyfulness, joyousness |
| 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: | 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: | discouragement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | despondency |
| Synonyms: | cold feet*, dejection, depression, despair, disappointment, discomfiture, dismay, melancholy, pessimism, sadness, downheartedness, hopelessness, loss of confidence, low spirits, the blues |
| Antonyms: | cheerfulness, happiness, hopefulness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain, agony |
| Synonyms: | ache, affliction, anguish, anxiety, bad news*, blues*, care, concern, cross, dejection, desolation, disappointment, discomfort, disquietude, dolor, embarrassment, grief, headache, heartache, heartbreak, irritation, malaise, misery, mortification, ordeal, pang, sadness, shame, sorrow, stew, suffering, throe, torment, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, twinge, unhappiness, vexation, visitation, woe, worry, wretchedness, perplexity, unconsolability, worriment |
| Antonyms: | comfort, happiness, health, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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