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1 : given to tears or weeping : tearful 2 : tending to cause tears : mournful |
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1 : having a sullen and gloomy disposition 2 : marked by or expressive of gloom |
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1 : having or showing little or no feeling or emotion : spiritless 2 : having little or no interest or concern : indifferent |
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characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit (a listless melancholy attitude) |
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feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression (despondent about his health) |
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1 : mournful; especially : exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful (dark, dramatic and lugubrious brooding — V. S. Pritchett) 2 : dismmal (a lugubrious landscape) |
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1 a : of, relating to, or characteristic of disease (morbid anatomy)
b : affected with or induced by disease(a morbid condition)
c : productive of disease (morbid substances) 2 : abnormally susceptible to or characterized by gloomy or unwholesome feelings 3 : grisly, gruesome (morbid details) (morbid curiosity) |
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1 : habitually complaining 2 : fretful, whining (a querulous voice) |
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1 : insolent or rude in speech or behavior 2 : characterized by temporary or capricious ill humor : peevish |
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1 : querulous in temperament or mood : fretful 2 : perversely obstinate (a peevish child) 3 : marked by ill temper |
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causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
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