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ILL-AFFECTED Synonyms

There are 21 synonyms of the word ill-affected. (exact relations)
There is 0 hypernym of the word ill-affected. (close relations)

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bitter
adjectiveadj
noun

• English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)

• the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

• the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

adverb

• extremely and sharply

adjective satellite

• marked by strong resentment or cynicism

• very difficult to accept or bear

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• expressive of severe grief or regret

• proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity

• causing a sharp and acrid taste experience

• causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold

verb

• make bitter

crestfallen
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• brought low in spirit

dejected
adjectiveadj
adjective

• affected or marked by low spirits

despairing
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope

despondent
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• without or almost without hope

disappointed
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• disappointingly unsuccessful

disheartened
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• made less hopeful or enthusiastic

distressed
adjectiveadj
adjective

• generalized feeling of distress

adjective satellite

• facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty

• suffering severe physical strain or distress

• afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

downcast
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine

adjective satellite

• directed downward

• filled with melancholy and despondency

gloomy
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• depressingly dark

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

glum
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• moody and melancholic

• showing a brooding ill humor

grumpy
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• annoyed and irritable

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

morose
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• showing a brooding ill humor

resentful
adjectiveadj
adjective

• full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill will

sour
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective

• having a sharp biting taste

noun

• a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar

• the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

• the property of being acidic

adjective satellite

• smelling of fermentation or staleness

• one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons

• in an unpalatable state

• inaccurate in pitch

• showing a brooding ill humor

verb

• go sour or spoil

• make sour or more sour

unhappy
adjectiveadj
adjective

• experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent

• generalized feeling of distress

adjective satellite

• causing discomfort

• marked by or producing unhappiness

saddened
adjectiveadj
verb

• make unhappy

• come to feel sad

disaffected
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• discontented as toward authority

malcontent
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a person who is discontented or disgusted

adjective satellite

• discontented as toward authority

Alternatives for BITTER

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