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91Dejection — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dejection >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dejection dejection Sgm: N 1 dejectedness dejectedness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 depression depression prosternation| Sgm: N 1 lowness of spirits lowness of spirits depression of… …
92Hopelessness — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence, want or loss of hope. < N PARAG:Hopelessness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 hopelessness hopelessness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 despair despair desperation Sgm: N 1 despondency despondency &c.(dejection) 837 Sgm: N 1… …
93subject — [14] To subject something is etymologically to ‘throw it under’. The verb comes via Old French subjecter from Latin sujectāre, which was formed from subjectus, the past participle of Latin subicere ‘bring down’. This in turn was a compound verb… …
94faint — I. v. n. 1. Swoon, faint away. 2. Languish, fail, fade, grow weak, fail in vigor, lose strength. 3. Be disheartened, be discouraged, be dejected, be depressed, lose courage, be dispirited, be down hearted, sink into dejection. II. a. 1. Swooning …
95deject — de•ject [[t]dɪˈdʒɛkt[/t]] v. t. 1) to depress the spirits of; dispirit: The bad news dejected me[/ex] 2) archaic dejected; downcast • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME < L dējectus, ptp. of dējicere to throw down …
96subject — [14] To subject something is etymologically to ‘throw it under’. The verb comes via Old French subjecter from Latin sujectāre, which was formed from subjectus, the past participle of Latin subicere ‘bring down’. This in turn was a compound verb… …
97damp — [damp] n. [MDu, vapor, steam, akin to OHG, MHG, Ger dampf < IE base * dhem , to smoke, mist > DANK] 1. a slight wetness; moisture 2. a harmful gas sometimes found in mines; firedamp; blackdamp 3. Archaic a dejected or depressed state adj. 1 …
98gloom — [glo͞om] vi. [< ME gloum(b)en, to look morose, prob. < Scand, as in Norw dial. glome, to stare somberly, akin to EFris glumen, to peer secretly (< IE * ĝhlu < base * ghêl > GLEAM, GLOW): meaning infl. by OE glom, twilight] 1. to be …
99dejectedly — adverb in a dejected manner when she came back Sophie and Esther were sitting dejectedly in the kitchen • Syn: ↑in low spirits • Derived from adjective: ↑dejected …
100in low spirits — adverb in a dejected manner when she came back Sophie and Esther were sitting dejectedly in the kitchen • Syn: ↑dejectedly • Derived from adjective: ↑dejected (for: ↑dejectedly) …
