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111cheerless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See dejection.Ant., cheerful. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. gloomy, sorrowful, bleak; see dismal 1 , sad 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. gloomy, glum, depressed, dark, black, grim,… …
112drab — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. grayish, brownish, dun; monotonous, dull, humdrum, uninteresting. See weariness, color. Ant., colorful, bright. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Dull] Syn. dreary, colorless, monotonous, somber; see dull… …
113dull — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unsharp, blunt; deadened, numb; stupid; tedious, uninteresting, boring; spiritless, vapid, vacuous; dead, lifeless; sluggish, listless, lethargic; lackluster, dim, cloudy, obscure, stale, jaded. v.… …
114joyless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cheerless, sad (see depression). Ant., joyful. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. doleful, heavy, dreary; see dismal 1 , sad 2 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Tending to cause sadness or low… …
115sad — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sorrowful, downcast, dejected, unhappy, woeful, woebegone, depressed, disconsolate, blue (inf.), down (inf.); melancholy, gloomy, cheerless, somber, dismal; heavy[ hearted]; regrettable, shameful.… …
116weariness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Exhaustion Nouns 1. weariness, tiredness, exhaustion, lethargy, lassitude, fatigue; drowsiness, languor, languidness; weakness, faintness. Slang, rack attack, three o clock syndrome. See dejection,… …
117dark — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking brightness] Syn. unlighted, unlit, dim, dusky, murky, gloomy, shadowy, somber, cloudy, foggy, sunless, lightless, indistinct, dull, faint, vague, misty, darkish, deep, drab, dingy, obscure, nebulous, shady,… …
118Painfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Capability of giving pain PARAG:Painfulness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 painfulness painfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 trouble trouble care &c.(pain) 828 Sgm: N 1 trial trial Sgm: N 1 affliction affliction infliction …
119Dejection — (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… …
120drear — 1620s, poetic shortening of DREARY (Cf. dreary) …
