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].


