DEJECTION Synonyms
There are 14 hypernyms of the word dejection. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for DEJECTION
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despondency | nounn | |||||||
noun • feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless | ||||||||
downheartedness | nounn | |||||||
noun • a feeling of low spirits | ||||||||
bitterness | nounn | |||||||
noun • a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will • a rough and bitter manner • the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth • the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste | ||||||||
demoralization | nounn | |||||||
noun • destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy • a state of disorder and confusion • depression resulting from an undermining of your morale | ||||||||
despair | nounn | |||||||
noun • a state in which all hope is lost or absent • the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well verb • abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart | ||||||||
discouragement | nounn | |||||||
noun • the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles • the expression of opposition and disapproval • the act of discouraging | ||||||||
disheartenment | nounn | |||||||
noun • the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles • a communication that leaves you disheartened or daunted | ||||||||
dismay | verbv | |||||||
noun • the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles • fear resulting from the awareness of danger verb • lower someone's spirits; make downhearted • fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | ||||||||
dolefulness | nounn | |||||||
noun • sadness caused by grief or affliction | ||||||||
gloom | nounn | |||||||
noun • a state of partial or total darkness • a feeling of melancholy apprehension • an atmosphere of depression and melancholy | ||||||||
melancholy | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a feeling of thoughtful sadness • a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed • a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy adjective satellite • characterized by or causing or expressing sadness • grave or even gloomy in character | ||||||||
misery | nounn | |||||||
noun • a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune • a feeling of intense unhappiness | ||||||||
sadness | nounn | |||||||
noun • emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being • the state of being sad • the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness | ||||||||
woe | nounn | |||||||
noun • misery resulting from affliction • intense mournfulness | ||||||||
wretchedness | nounn | |||||||
noun • a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune • the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant • the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry | ||||||||
excrement | nounn | |||||||
noun • waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body | ||||||||
faeces | nounn | |||||||
noun • solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels | ||||||||
feces | nounn | |||||||
noun • solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels | ||||||||
ordure | nounn | |||||||
noun • solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels | ||||||||
stool | nounn | |||||||
noun • a simple seat without a back or arms • solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels • (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings • a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination verb • lure with a stool, as of wild fowl • react to a decoy, of wildfowl • grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers • have a bowel movement | ||||||||