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41Dave Allen (comedian) — Dave Allen Born David Tynan O Mahoney 6 July 1936(1936 07 06) Firhouse, Dublin, Ireland Died …
42doleful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sorrowful, sad. See dejection. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sad, sorrowful, mournful, wretched; see sad 1 , 2 . See Synonym Study at sad . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. mournful, melancholy,… …
43dolorous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. mournful (see dejection). II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. mournful, sorrowful, distressed, grievous; see sad 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. sad, sorrowful, painful, grievous, heartrending,… …
44mournful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sorrowful; gloomy, dreary. See dejection, lamentation. Ant., cheerful. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Afflicted with sorrow] Syn. sorrowful, mourning, forlorn, unhappy; see sad 1 . 2. [Suggestive of… …
45woeful — I woebegone, woeful (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sorrowful, unhappy. See dejection. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. full of woe, mournful, miserable; see pitiful 1 , sorry 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. see woebegone IV (Roget …
46sorrowful — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. grieved, afflicted, sad, in sorrow, in mourning, depressed, dejected; see also sad 1 . See Synonym Study at sad . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. grieving, grief stricken, sad, heartbroken, heavyhearted, melancholy,… …
47Dejection — (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… …
48rue — ‘regret’ [OE] and rue the plant [14] are distinct words. The former goes back to a prehistoric Germanic source, of uncertain ultimate origins, which meant ‘distress’, and which also produced German reuen and Dutch rouwen. In the early Middle… …
49ruefully — early 13c., reufulike; see RUEFUL (Cf. rueful) + LY (Cf. ly) (2) …
50rue — ‘regret’ [OE] and rue the plant [14] are distinct words. The former goes back to a prehistoric Germanic source, of uncertain ultimate origins, which meant ‘distress’, and which also produced German reuen and Dutch rouwen. In the early Middle… …
