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Definition/Meaning

(noun)

great distress, sorrow, or grief caused by an intense situation;

e.g. His depression was caused by heartbreak after his boyfriend broke up with him.

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Similar Words

Affliction

Anguish

Dolor

Grief

Heartache

Sob

Sorrow

Woe

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Opposite Words

Bliss

Cheer

Comedy

Comfort

Comic

Consolation

Content

Contentment

Delight

Drollery

Ecstasy

Elation

Enjoyment

Euphoria

Exhilaration

Exuberance

Exultation

Felicity

Festivity

Gaiety

Glee

Happiness

Hilarity

Humor

Inspiration

Jollity

Joy

Jubilation

Merriment

Merrymaking

Mirth

Optimism

Pleasure

Rapture

Rejoicing

Relief

Revelry

Solace

Whoopee

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Related Words

Affliction

Agony

Anguish

Blues

Contrition

Dejection

Depression

Desolation

Despair

Despondency

Distress

Doldrums

Dumps

Gloom

Groan

Guilt

Howl

Hurt

Keen

Lament

Lamentation

Melancholia

Melancholy

Misery

Moan

Oppression

Pain

Rack

Regret

Remorse

Rue

Self-pity

Self-reproach

Shame

Strait

Suffering

Torment

Torture

Travail

Tribulation

Wail

Woe

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