depression+of+spirits

  • 21hypothymia — Depression of spirits; the “blues.” [hypo + G. thymos, mind, soul] * * * hy·po·thy·mia .hī pō thī mē ə n an abnormal decrease in the intensity with which emotions are experienced: flatness of affect * * * n. a diminished intensity of emotional… …

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  • 22Dejection — (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… …

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  • 23dejection — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Sadness Nouns 1. dejection, dejectedness, depression; lowness or depression of spirits; weight or damp on the spirits; low, bad, drooping, or depressed spirits; sinking heart, heaviness of heart;… …

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  • 24spirit — spiritlike, adj. /spir it/, n. 1. the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul. 2. the incorporeal part of humans: present in spirit though absent in body. 3. the soul… …

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  • 25melancholy — I. noun (plural cholies) Etymology: Middle English malencolie, from Anglo French, from Late Latin melancholia, from Greek, from melan + cholē bile more at gall Date: 14th century 1. a. an abnormal state attributed to an excess of black bile and… …

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  • 26spirit — spir•it [[t]ˈspɪr ɪt[/t]] n. 1) rel the animating principle of life, esp. of humans; vital essence 2) rel the incorporeal part of humans, or an aspect of this, as the mind or soul 3) conscious, incorporeal being, as opposed to matter 4) a… …

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  • 27After one's own heart — Heart Heart (h[aum]rt), n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha[ i]rt[=o], Lith. szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. kardi a, kh^r.… …

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  • 28At heart — Heart Heart (h[aum]rt), n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha[ i]rt[=o], Lith. szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. kardi a, kh^r.… …

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  • 29By heart — Heart Heart (h[aum]rt), n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha[ i]rt[=o], Lith. szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. kardi a, kh^r.… …

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  • 30For my heart — Heart Heart (h[aum]rt), n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha[ i]rt[=o], Lith. szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. kardi a, kh^r.… …

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