Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.
(discontented) 832; out of sorts, out of humor, out of heart, out of spirits; ill at ease, low spirited, in low spirits, a cup too low; weary &c. 841; discouraged, disheartened; desponding; chapfallen[obs3], chopfallen[obs3], jaw fallen, crest fallen.
     sad, pensive, penseroso[It], tristful[obs3]; dolesome[obs3], doleful;
woebegone; lacrymose, lachrymose, in tears, melancholic, hypped[obs3], hypochondriacal, bilious, jaundiced, atrabilious[obs3], saturnine, splenetic; lackadaisical.
     serious, sedate, staid, stayed; grave as a judge, grave as an
undertaker, grave as a mustard pot; sober, sober as a judge, solemn, demure; grim; grim-faced, grim-visaged; rueful, wan, long-faced.
     disconsolate; unconsolable, inconsolable; forlorn, comfortless,
desolate, desole[Fr], sick at heart; soul sick, heart sick; au desespoir[Fr]; in despair &c. 859; lost.
     overcome; broken down, borne down, bowed down; heartstricken &c
(mental suffering) 828[obs3]; cut up, dashed, sunk; unnerved, unmanned; down fallen, downtrodden; broken-hearted; careworn. 
     Adv. with a long face, with tears in one’s eyes; sadly &c. adj. 
     Phr. the countenance falling; the heart failing, the heart sinking
within one; “a plague of sighing and grief” [Henry IV]; “thick-ey’d musing and curs’d melancholy” [Henry IV]; “the sickening pang of hope deferred” [Scott].

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     #838. [Expression of pleasure.] Rejoicing. —­ N. rejoicing,
exultation, triumph, jubilation, heyday, flush, revelling; merrymaking &c. (amusement) 840; jubilee &c. (celebration) 883; paean, Te Deum &c. (thanksgiving) 990[Lat]; congratulation &c. 896.
     smile, simper, smirk, grin; broad grin, sardonic grin.
     laughter (amusement) 840.
     risibility; derision &c. 856. 
     Momus; Democritus the Abderite[obs3]; rollicker[obs3]. 
     V. rejoice, thank one’s stars, bless one’s stars; congratulate
oneself, hug oneself; rub one’s hands, clap one’s hands; smack the lips, fling up one’s cap; dance, skip; sing, carol, chirrup, chirp; hurrah; cry for joy, jump for joy, leap with joy; exult &c. (boast) 884; triumph; hold jubilee &c. (celebrate) 883; make merry &c. (sport) 840.
     laugh, raise laughter &c. (amuse) 840. 
     Adj. rejoicing &c. v.; jubilant, exultant, triumphant; flushed,
elated, pleased, delighted, tickled pink.
     amused &c. 840; cheerful &c. 836.
     laughable &c. (ludicrous) 853. 
     Int. hurrah!  Huzza! aha[obs3]! hail! tolderolloll[obs3]!  Heaven be
praised! io triumphe[obs3]! tant mieux[Fr]! so much the better. 
     Phr. the heart leaping with joy; ce n’est pas etre bien aise que de
rire[Fr]; “Laughter holding both his sides” [Milton]; “le roi est mort, vive le roi”; “with his eyes in flood with laughter” [Cymbeline].

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