| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits: blues, dejection, depression, despondence, despondency, doldrums, dolefulness, downheartedness, dumps, dysphoria, funk, gloom, glumness, heavy-heartedness, mope (used in plural), mournfulness, sadness, unhappiness. See FEELINGS, HAPPY. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. In low spirits: blue, dejected, depressed, desolate, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, dull, dysphoric, gloomy, heavy-hearted, low, melancholic, sad, spiritless, tristful, unhappy, wistful. Idioms: down at (or in) the mouth. See HAPPY. 2. Tending to cause sadness or low spirits: blue, cheerless, depressing, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, joyless, sad. See HAPPY.
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