heavy-heartedness
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heavy-heartedness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits: blues, dejection, depression, despondence, despondency, doldrums, dolefulness, down heartedness, dumps, dysphoria, funk, gloom, glumness, melancholy, mope (used in plural),… … English dictionary for students
heavy-hearted — [hev′ē härt΄id] adj. sad; depressed; despondent heavy heartedly adv. heavy heartedness n … English World dictionary
heavy-hearted — heavy heartedly, adv. heavy heartedness, n. /hev ee hahr tid/, adj. sorrowful; melancholy; dejected. [1350 1400; ME] Syn. depressed, sad hearted, downcast. * * * … Universalium
heavy-hearted — /ˈhɛvi hatəd/ (say hevee hahtuhd) adjective sorrowful; melancholy; dejected. –heavy heartedness, noun …
gloom — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dejection, sadness, dole fulness, melancholy; shadow, shade, dimness, darkness, obscurity; pessimism. Ant., cheerfulness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Heavy shade] Syn. shadow, murk, dimness, dark; see… … English dictionary for students
melancholy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dejected, dispirited, sad, depressed, blue (inf.). See dejection. Ant., happy. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Sad; said of persons ] Syn. depressed, unhappy, dispirited; see sad 1 . 2. [Depressing; said … English dictionary for students
blues — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. melancholy, despondency. See dejection. II (Roget s IV) pl.n. 1. [A state of despondency; often with the] Syn. depressed spirits, heaviness of heart, melancholy, dejection; see gloom 2 . 2. [Rhythmic… … English dictionary for students
sadness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sorrow, dejection, melancholy, depression, grief, despondency, sorrowfulness, oppression, downs*, gloom*, blues*, dumps*. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. downheartedness, sorrow, depression, melancholy, misery, unhappiness … English dictionary for students
dejection — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Sadness Nouns 1. dejection, dejectedness, depression; lowness or depression of spirits; weight or damp on the spirits; low, bad, drooping, or depressed spirits; sinking heart, heaviness of heart;… … English dictionary for students
funk — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Fear] Syn. fright, alarm, panic; see fear 1 . 2. [Depression] Syn. gloom, despondency, dejection, blue funk*; see depression 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. depression, blues, blue funk, melancholy, doldrums. III (Roget … English dictionary for students
