glumness

dolours

ˈdɒlə

noun

a state of great sorrow or distress.

they squatted, hunched in their habitual dolour

sadness,sorrow,unhappiness,dejection,regret,depression,misery,cheerlessness,downheartedness,despondency,despair,desolation,wretchedness,glumness,gloom,gloominess,heaviness of heart,dolefulness,melancholy,low spirits,mournfulness,woe,broken-heartedness,heartache,grief,down,disconsolateness,disconsolation,dismalness

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dolour

ˈdɒlə

noun

a state of great sorrow or distress.

they squatted, hunched in their habitual dolour

sadness,sorrow,unhappiness,dejection,regret,depression,misery,cheerlessness,downheartedness,despondency,despair,desolation,wretchedness,glumness,gloom,gloominess,heaviness of heart,dolefulness,melancholy,low spirits,mournfulness,woe,broken-heartedness,heartache,grief,down,disconsolateness,disconsolation,dismalness

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dolor

ˈdɒlə

noun

a state of great sorrow or distress.

they squatted, hunched in their habitual dolour

sadness,sorrow,unhappiness,dejection,regret,depression,misery,cheerlessness,downheartedness,despondency,despair,desolation,wretchedness,glumness,gloom,gloominess,heaviness of heart,dolefulness,melancholy,low spirits,mournfulness,woe,broken-heartedness,heartache,grief,down,disconsolateness,disconsolation,dismalness

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doldrums

ˈdɒldrəmz

noun

a state or period of stagnation or depression.

the mortgage market has been in the doldrums for three years

depression,melancholy,gloom,gloominess,glumness,downheartedness,dejection,despondency,dispiritedness,heavy-heartedness,heartache,unhappiness,sadness,misery,woe,dismalness,despair,pessimism,hopelessness,inertia,apathy,listlessness,malaise,boredom,tedium,ennui,low spirits,blues,blahs,inactive,quiet,slow,slack,sluggish,subdued,stagnant,static,inert,flat,dull

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despondency

dɪˈspɒnd(ə)nsi

noun

low spirits from loss of hope or courage; dejection.

an air of despondency

disheartenment,discouragement,dispiritedness,downheartedness,low spirits,hopelessness,despair,wretchedness,melancholy,gloom,gloominess,glumness,melancholia,misery,depression,desolation,disappointment,dolefulness,dejection,sorrow,sadness,grief,distress,unhappiness,defeatism,pessimism,the doldrums,the blues,heartache

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dejection

dɪˈdʒɛkʃ(ə)n

noun

a sad and depressed state; low spirits.

he was slumped in deep dejection

despondency,depression,downheartedness,dispiritedness,disconsolateness,disappointment,discouragement,desolation,despair,heavy-heartedness,unhappiness,sadness,sorrowfulness,sorrow,dolefulness,melancholy,misery,forlornness,wretchedness,glumness,gloom,gloominess,low spirits,the blues,the dumps,mopery

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