Depression synonyms | Best 161 synonyms for depression

sadness

(Uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.

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gloom

Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.

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low-spiritedness

Low spirits

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despair

A person or thing causing despair

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despondency

Despondency is defined as a state of feeling hopeless or dejected.

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misery

A condition of great wretchedness or suffering because of pain, sorrow, poverty, etc.; distress

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dip

A dip stick.

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dysphoria

An emotional state characterized by anxiety, depression, or unease.

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hopelessness

The lack of hope; despair

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heaviness of spirit

Low spirits

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economic decline

Period of commercial stress

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inflation

Condition resulting from this, characterized by a general increase in price levels, specif. an excessive or persistent increase, leading to a decline in purchasing power

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slump

A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.

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oppression

A feeling of being weighed down in mind or body:

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anxiety (related)

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discouragement

The fact, state, or feeling of being discouraged

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desperation

Recklessness arising from despair.

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disconsolation

The state of being disconsolate; gloom.

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crisis

A time of, or a state of affairs involving, great danger or trouble, often one which threatens to result in unpleasant consequences

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distress

Bodily dysfunction or discomfort caused by disease or injury:

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mulligrubs

(Slang) sullenness; sulky behaviour

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stagflation

Condition of continuing economic inflation together with a decline in business activity and an increase in unemployment

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dispiritedness

The state or condition of being dispirited.

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desolation

Loneliness

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woefulness

The quality of being woeful

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bleakness

The characteristic of being bleak.

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malaise

A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness.

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slough-of-despond

A state of despondency.

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doldrums

The state of boredom, malaise, apathy or lack of interest; a state of listlessness; ennui, or tedium

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blue-funk

Nervous depression

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recession

(Econ.) A temporary falling off of business activity during a period when such activity has been generally increasing

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ennui

A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression .

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treatment-resistant (related)

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disheartenment

The state of being disheartened; dejection.

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Weltschmerz (German)

Low spirits

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squatness

The state of being squat

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depressive (related)

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cheerfulness (antonym)

The state of being cheerful; joy.

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encouragement (antonym)

Something that encourages

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sag

(Nautical) A drift to leeward.

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heavy-heartedness

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

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mournfulness

The property of being mournful.

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rich (related)

A diminutive of the male given name Richard.

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depressive-disorder

Either of mild depression (the blues; symptoms include sadness and fatigue) or major depressive disorder.

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trouble

Effort, especially when inconvenient or bothersome:

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slack times

Period of commercial stress

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cavity

The definition of a cavity is a hole or hollow place.

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melancholy

(Obs.) Black bile: in medieval times considered to be one of the four humors of the body, to come from the spleen or kidneys, and to cause gloominess, irritability, or depression

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worry

An instance or cause of such a feeling.

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dullness

(Of an edge) bluntness.

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lugubriousness

The property of being lugubrious.

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cheerlessness

The state or characteristic of being cheerless

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clinical depression

Low spirits

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blue-devils

Delirium tremens or its hallucinations

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blahs

Plural form of blah

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economic downturn

Period of commercial stress

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hard times

Period of commercial stress

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bad times

Period of commercial stress

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happiness (antonym)

The definition of happiness is the state of joy, peace and tranquility.

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impression

The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.

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happy (related)

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

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cyclone (related)

A Southeastern and Indian Ocean weather phenomenon that results in wind speeds of around 150 to 200 km/h.

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natural depression

a sunken or depressed geological formation

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imprint

A note on a book's title page or its reverse or at the end of the book, giving the publisher's or printer's name, time and place of publication, etc.

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economic-crisis

A period of economic slowdown characterised by declining productivity and devaluing of financial institutions often due to reckless and unsustainable money lending.

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low

(Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.

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great depression

(Economics, business, finance) A major economic collapse that lasted from 1929 to 1940 in the US and a similar period in many other countries.

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natural elevation (antonym)

a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

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couchancy

The state of lying down for repose.

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squattiness

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stumpiness

The quality of being stumpy.

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subjacency

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migraine (related)

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psychosis (related)

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schizophrenia (related)

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mental illness (related)

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symptom (related)

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chronic (related)

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illness (related)

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anorexia (related)

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pain (related)

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fatigue (related)

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vapors

Plural form of vapor

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business inactivity

Period of commercial stress

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lowness

The property of being low.

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glumness

The emotion of being glum.

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dumps

Plural form of dump

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sorrow

(Countable) (usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.

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unhappiness

The feeling of not being happy

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wretchedness

A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish.

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mortification

Something causing shame, humiliation, etc.

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pessimism

The doctrine or belief that the evil in the world outweighs the good.

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dreariness

The characteristic of being dreary.

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downheartedness

The characteristic of being downhearted; sadness.

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moroseness

Gloominess; sullenness; deep sadness.

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disconsolateness

(Uncountable) The state of being disconsolate; gloom.

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dolor

(R.C.Ch.) One of the seven traditional sorrows in the life of the Virgin Mary

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dolefulness

The characteristic of being doleful; sadness.

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darkness

(Uncountable) The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.

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hypochondria

A psychiatric disorder characterized by the conviction that one is ill or soon to become ill, often accompanied by physical symptoms, when illness is neither present nor likely. &diamf3; A person with hypochondria is called a hypochondriac.

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dysthymia

A mood disorder characterized by depressive symptoms that persist for two or more years, sometimes subsiding for short periods of time.

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blues

A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar structure and using the blues scale.

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unemployment

The state of having no job; joblessness.

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economic paralysis

Period of commercial stress

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joy (antonym)

A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.

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grief (related)

(--- Informal) Criticism or rude talk:

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crater

(Informal) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.

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convexity (antonym)

A measure of the curvature in the relationship between the prices and yields of bonds

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bulge (antonym)

(Informal) A sudden increase in size, value, etc.

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protuberance (antonym)

A part or thing that protrudes; projection; bulge; swelling

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surge (antonym)

A sudden onrush or increase:

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recovery (antonym)

Renewed growth after a slump (economy).

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hope (antonym)

(Uncountable) The belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.

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hopefulness (antonym)

The property of being hopeful.

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sink

(Baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch

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sinkhole

A natural depression in a land surface communicating with a subterranean passage, generally occurring in limestone regions and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof.

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despondence

The state of being downcast or despondent.

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funk

(Obsolete) touchwood, punk, tinder

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convex (related)

Curving outward, like the outer boundary of a circle or sphere.

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feelings (related)

Plural form of feeling

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insomnia (related)

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gloominess

The state or condition of being gloomy.

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overproduction

The production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold

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retrenchment

Retrenchment is defined as cutting back or a reduction.

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slowdown

A slowing down, as of production

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economic dislocation

Period of commercial stress

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economic stagnation

Period of commercial stress

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financial storm

Period of commercial stress

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panic

A widespread fear of the collapse of the financial system, resulting in unreasoned attempts to turn property into cash, withdraw money, etc.

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crash

A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

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bust

Bust is defined as a period of economic down time, a police raid in which arrests are made or something that doesn't go as planned and that is considered a failure.

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black-friday

The anniversary of a number of catastrophic or unfortunate historical events originally occurring on a Friday.

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elation (antonym)

A feeling of exultant joy or pride; high spirits

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prosperity (antonym)

The condition of being prosperous.

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good-times (antonym)

A period of prosperity or happiness

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boom (antonym)

(Economics, business) A period of prosperity or high market activity.

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dent (related)

A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.

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hole (related)

The definition of a hole is a hollow place, opening or break in something.

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bankruptcy (related)

The system of adjudication that declares instances of bankruptcy:

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basin

A region drained by a single river system:

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blowout

(Slang, sports) A sporting contest that is decidedly one-sided and whose outcome is no longer in doubt. Often occurs when one team is superior to the other.

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concavity

The state of being curved like the inner surface of a sphere.

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dimple

A slight depression or indentation in a surface.

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dismay

A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.

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downturn

A downward trend, as in business activity

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fall

A marked, often sudden, decline in status, rank, or importance:

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gulley

Alternative spelling of gully. (Etymology 1)

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inactivity

The quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.

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indentation

The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.

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melancholia

Depression of spirits; melancholy

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pit

The definition of a pit is a hole in the ground, or the hard stone in a fruit that contains the seed.

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pocket

(Architecture) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.

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ravine

A long, deep hollow in the earth's surface, esp. one worn by the action of a stream; large gully or small gorge

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valley

An elongated lowland between ranges of mountains, hills, or other uplands, often having a river or stream running along the bottom.

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manic-depression (related)

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dejection

(Med.) Defecation

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horrors

Plural form of horror

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satisfaction (antonym)

A giving of something in order to release oneself from, or to satisfy, some outstanding obligation, be it legal or moral. Satisfaction requires the giving of one thing for another and should be distinguished from performance, which requires only the promising to give something. Also, payment in full, done to fulfill a contractual obligation or debt.

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hollow

(Figuratively) A feeling of emptiness.

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mope

A dull, spiritless person.

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vale

Vale is a shortened form of the word valley.

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