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  • 91slough of despond — noun (formal) extreme depression • Usage Domain: ↑formality • Hypernyms: ↑depression …

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  • 92Newgrounds — For the children s TV show, see Newsround. Newgrounds Type Private Founded July 6, 1995 Headquarters …

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  • 93Character flaw — This article is about the literary concept. For ethical shortcomings in real people, see Vice. In the creation and criticism of fictional works, a character flaw is a limitation, imperfection, problem, phobia, or deficiency present in a character …

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  • 94bipolar disorder — bipolar disorders N VAR Bipolar disorder is a mental illness in which a person s state of mind changes between extreme happiness and extreme depression …

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  • 95Collapse — Col*lapse , n. 1. A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel. [1913 Webster] 2. A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 3. (Med.) Extreme depression or sudden failing …

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  • 96Melancholia — Mel an*cho li*a, n. [L. See {Melancholy}.] (Med.) A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 97hypochondria — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, plural, upper abdomen (formerly regarded as the seat of hypochondria), from Greek, literally, the parts under the cartilage (of the breastbone), from hypo + chondros cartilage Date: 1668 extreme… …

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  • 98melancholia — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, melancholy Date: 1607 a mental condition and especially a manic depressive condition characterized by extreme depression, bodily complaints, and often hallucinations and delusions • melancholiac noun …

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  • 99slough of despond — Etymology: from the Slough of Despond, deep bog into which Christian falls on the way from the City of Destruction and from which Help saves him in the allegory Pilgrim s Progress (1678) by John Bunyan Date: 1776 a state of extreme depression …

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  • 100horror — I. noun Etymology: Middle English horrour, from Anglo French *orur, from Latin horror action of bristling, from horrēre to bristle, shiver; akin to Sanskrit harṣate he is excited Date: 14th century 1. a. painful and intense fear, dread, or dismay …

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