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in the suds, in the sulks, in the doldrums; in doleful dumps, in bad humor; sullen;<br />

mumpish † , dumpish, mopish † , moping; moody, glum; sulky &c (discontented) 832; out of<br />

sorts, out of humor, out of heart, out of spirits; ill at ease, low spirited, in low spirits, a<br />

cup too low; weary &c 841; discouraged, disheartened; desponding; chapfallen † ,<br />

chopfallen † , jaw fallen, crest fallen.<br />

sad, pensive, penseroso [It], tristful † ; dolesome † , doleful; woebegone; lacrymose,<br />

lachrymose, in tears, melancholic, hypped † , hypochondriacal, bilious, jaundiced,<br />

atrabilious † , saturnine, splenetic; lackadaisical.<br />

serious, sedate, staid, stayed; grave as a judge, grave as an undertaker, grave as a<br />

mustard pot; sober, sober as a judge, solemn, demure; grim; grim-faced, grim-visaged;<br />

rueful, wan, long-faced.<br />

disconsolate; unconsolable, inconsolable; forlorn, comfortless, desolate, desole [Fr.],<br />

sick at heart; soul sick, heart sick; au desespoir [Fr.]; in despair &c 859; lost.<br />

overcome; broken down, borne down, bowed down; heartstricken &c (mental<br />

suffering) 828 [Obs.]; cut up, dashed, sunk; unnerved, unmanned; down fallen,<br />

downtrodden; broken-hearted; careworn.<br />

Adv. with a long face, with tears in one's eyes; sadly &c adj..<br />

Phr. the countenance falling; the heart failing, the heart sinking within one; a plague of<br />

sighing and grief [Henry IV]; thick-ey'd musing and curs'd melancholy [Henry IV]; the<br />

sickening pang of hope deferred [Scott].<br />

838. [Expression of pleasure.] Rejoicing -- N. rejoicing, exultation, triumph, jubilation,<br />

heyday, flush, revelling; merrymaking &c (amusement) 840; jubilee &c (celebration)<br />

883; paean, Te Deum &c (thanksgiving) 990 [Lat.]; congratulation &c 896.<br />

smile, simper, smirk, grin; broad grin, sardonic grin.<br />

laughter (amusement) 840.<br />

risibility; derision &c 856.<br />

Momus; Democritus the Abderite † ; rollicker † .<br />

V. rejoice, thank one's stars, bless one's stars; congratulate oneself, hug oneself; rub one's<br />

hands, clap one's hands; smack the lips, fling up one's cap; dance, skip; sing, carol,<br />

chirrup, chirp; hurrah; cry for joy, jump for joy, leap with joy; exult &c (boast) 884;<br />

triumph; hold jubilee &c (celebrate) 883; make merry &c (sport) 840.<br />

laugh, raise laughter &c (amuse) 840.<br />

Adj. rejoicing &c v.; jubilant, exultant, triumphant; flushed, elated, pleased, delighted,<br />

tickled pink.<br />

amused &c 840; cheerful &c 836.<br />

laughable &c (ludicrous) 853.<br />

Int. hurrah!, Huzza!, aha! † , hail!, tolderolloll! † , Heaven be praised!, io triumphe! † , tant<br />

mieux! [Fr.], so much the better.<br />

Phr. the heart leaping with joy; ce n'est pas etre bien aise que de rire [Fr.]; Laughter<br />

holding both his sides [Milton]; le roi est mort, vive le roi; with his eyes in flood with<br />

laughter [Cymbeline].<br />

839. [Expression of pain.] Lamentation -- N. lament, lamentation; wail, complaint,<br />

plaint, murmur, mutter, grumble, groan, moan, whine, whimper, sob, sigh, suspiration,<br />

heaving, deep sigh.

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