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• solitary; lonely, ( ); a desolate place;
• dreary; dismal; gloomy, ( , ); desolate prospects;
• (desolation)- the state of being desolated, ( );
• devastation; ruin, ( ); a drought that brought desolation to the region;
• dreariness; barrenness, ( );
• deprivation of companionship; loneliness, ( ; );
• sorrow; grief; woe; a sense of utter desolation following the death of his
parents;
dysphoria # euphoria^ eugenics
• (dysphoria)- a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting;
The most commonly reported characteristics of a hangover include headache,
nausea, sensitivity to light and noise, lethargy, dysphoria, and thirst;
• (euphoria)- a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being sometimes
exaggerated in pathological states as mania, ( ;
); It is a kind of euphoria, a joy of war, lust for revenge, drunkenness
on power and burial of the Jewish command "Do not be joyful when your
enemy falls";
• (eugenics)- the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective
breeding (especially as applied to human mating);
hapless = wretched = woeful = woebegone = pathetic > pathos = poignancy >
poignant
• (hapless)- unlucky; luckless; unfortunate, ( ; ); He thought of
Carlos originally as a hapless youth having a sort of natural right to rebel. —
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller;
• (wretched)- very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable;
pitiable, ( ; ; ); When one is wretched, there is a
pleasure in being entirely wretched. — The Hoosier Schoolmaster;
• (woeful)- full of woe; wretched; unhappy, ( ; ;
); The fatal cry of sauve qui peut was heard everywhere: the French
were now flying pellmell in the most woeful confusion. — The History of
Napoleon Buonaparte;
• (woebegone)- beset with woe; affected by woe, esp. in appearance,
( ; ; ); I shall never forget the
melancholy, woebegone faces of my captain and brother officers on our reassembling
on board. — Sketches From My Life;
• (pathetic)- causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.;
pitiful; pitiable, ( ; ); His face was very like that of the young