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Sense: Adjective: feeling sorrowful
Synonyms:
unhappy Collocations, downcast, gloomy Collocations, glum, dispirited, dejected, miserable Collocations, depressed Collocations, heavy-hearted, heavyhearted, sorrowful, grieved, troubled, crushed, heartbroken, brokenhearted, broken-hearted, pensive, desolate, melancholy, despondent, morose, moody Collocations, pessimistic, melancholic, heartsick, crestfallen, rueful, anguished, disheartened, cut up, down Collocations, lamenting, mourning Collocations, grieving, weeping Collocations, bitter Collocations, woebegone, spiritless, joyless, heavy Collocations, discouraged, low-spirited, grief-stricken, despairing, languishing, hopeless Collocations, worried Collocations, downhearted, down-hearted, afflicted, mournful, disconsolate, forlorn Collocations, out of sorts , in the doldrums , down in the dumps , down in the mouth , blue Collocations , bereaved
Antonyms:
happy Collocations, delighted Collocations, elated Collocations, merry Collocations, ecstatic, jubilant, chipper , pleased Collocations, thrilled Collocations, blissful Collocations, jolly Collocations, cheery, overjoyed, over the moon, chuffed
Sense: Adjective: suggestive of sorrow
Synonyms:
saddening, tragic, joyless, dispiriting, disheartening, discouraging, dismal Collocations, gloomy Collocations, somber, sombre , pitiable, dreary Collocations, dark Collocations, poignant Collocations, moving Collocations, touching, disquieting, doleful, oppressive, funereal, piteous, woeful, rueful, sorry Collocations, hapless, unfortunate Collocations, unlucky, heart-rending, dire Collocations, distressing, depressing Collocations, grievous, woebegone
Antonyms:
uplifting Collocations, rosy, heartwarming, joyful Collocations, heartening, moving Collocations, pleasing, comforting
Sense: Adjective: inferior
Synonyms:
bad Collocations, common Collocations, poor Collocations, sorry Collocations, awful Collocations, cheap Collocations, dismal Collocations, pathetic, pitiful, woeful, wretched Collocations, lamentable, shabby Collocations, second-class
Antonyms:
perfect Collocations, flawless Collocations, respectable, admirable, first-rate, excellent Collocations, prime Collocations, top-notch , sublime