| Main Entry: | agonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suffer or cause another to suffer |
Synonyms: |
afflict, bleed, carry on, crucify, distress, disturb, eat heart out, excruciate, harrow, hurt, labor, lament, martyr, pain, rack, sing the blues, squirm, stew over, strain, strive, struggle, take it badly, torment, torture, try, wince, worry, writhe |
Antonyms: |
not worry |
| Main Entry: | bemoan |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express sorrow |
Synonyms: |
beat one's breast, bewail, complain, cry over spilled milk, deplore, grieve for, lament, moan over, mourn, regret, rue, sing the blues, weep for |
| Notes: | bemoan is motivated when pity or grief is over an event that is joined to a consequence, whereas lament is motivated when the grief is over the event itself |
Antonyms: |
be happy, gloat |
| Main Entry: | bewail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cry over, lament |
Synonyms: |
bemoan, deplore, eat heart out, express sorrow, grieve for, moan, mourn, regret, repent, rue, sing the blues, take on, wail, weep over |
Antonyms: |
be happy, be joyous, exalt, gloat, praise, vaunt |
| 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: | deplore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regret; condemn |
Synonyms: |
abhor, be against, bemoan, bewail, carry on, censure, complain, cry, denounce, deprecate, disapprove of, eat one's heart out, grieve for, hate, hurt, lament, moan, mourn, object to, repent, rue, sing the blues, sorrow over, take on, weep |
Antonyms: |
approve, be happy, delight, praise, rejoice, revel |
| Main Entry: | downcast |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, unhappy |
Synonyms: |
bad, blue, brooding, bummed out, cast down, chapfallen, cheerless, crestfallen, daunted, dejected, despondent, disappointed, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dismayed, dispirited, distressed, doleful, down, down in the dumps, down-in-the-mouth, downhearted, dragged, droopy, dull, forlorn, gloomy, glum, heartsick, in pain, listless, low, low-spirited, miserable, moody, mopey, morose, oppressed, sad, shot down, singing the blues, sunk, troubled, weighed down, woebegone |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, elated, glad, happy, heartened, satisfied |
| Main Entry: | grieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mourn, feel deep distress |
Synonyms: |
ache, bear, bemoan, bewail, carry on, complain, cry, cry a river, deplore, eat one's heart out, endure, hang crepe, keen, lament, regret, rue, sing the blues, sorrow, suffer, take it hard, wail, weep |
Antonyms: |
be glad, be happy |
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed |
Synonyms: |
bad, blue*, crestfallen, dejected, despondent, disheartened, down, down and out, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, fed up, forlorn, gloomy, glum, in the pits, low-down, miserable, moody, morose, sad, singing the blues, spiritless, unhappy |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, gay, happy |
| Main Entry: | morose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, pessimistic |
Synonyms: |
acrimonious, blue*, brusque, cantankerous, choleric, churlish, crabbed, crabby, cranky*, cross, dolorous, dour, down, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, frowning, gloomy, glum, grouchy, gruff, harsh, having blue devils, having the blahs, ill-humored, ill-tempered, in a bad mood, in a blue funk, irritable, low, melancholy, moody, moping, mournful, perverse, perversive, sad, saturnine, singing the blues, snappish, sour, splenetic, sulky, sullen, surly, taciturn, testy, troubled, ugly |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, friendly, happy, light-hearted, optimistic, uplifted |
| Main Entry: | sorrow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be very upset, grieved |
Synonyms: |
agonize, be sad, bemoan, bewail, carry on, cry a river, deplore, eat heart out, grieve, groan, hang crepe, lament, moan, mourn, regret, sing the blues, sob, take on*, weep |
Antonyms: |
be happy, be joyful, delight, relieve |