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Abandoned; desolate; forlorn
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- Abandoned; desolate; forlorn
Having no residents; not inhabited.
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- Having no residents; not inhabited.
- Not inhabited; having no inhabitants
Without hope; desperate
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- Without hope; desperate
- Suggesting or characterized by sadness or loneliness:
- Lonely and sad; unhappy and neglected
Directed downward:
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- Directed downward:
- (Of a person) Feeling despondent.
- Very unhappy or discouraged; sad; dejected
Feeling, showing, or expressing depression of the spirits; sad or dejected.
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- Feeling, showing, or expressing depression of the spirits; sad or dejected.
- Sadly or soberly musing; pensive
- Sad and depressed; gloomy
(Archaic) Painful
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- (Archaic) Painful
- Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.
- Very sorrowful or sad; mournful
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Uninhabited:
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- Uninhabited:
- No longer occupied or used; abandoned:
- Abandoned
Sad or lonely, especially from being deserted or abandoned:
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- Sad or lonely, especially from being deserted or abandoned:
- Lonely and sad; unhappy and neglected
- Abandoned, deserted, or desolate:
Alone; solitary
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- Alone; solitary
- Of place or time, unfrequented by people; desolate.
- Without others of a similar kind; lone; solitary:
Unfrequented; desolate
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- Unfrequented; desolate
- Unhappy due to being alone; lonely
- Having or causing a lonely feeling
Not frequented.
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- Not frequented.
- Receiving few or no travelers or visitors:
Very dark
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- Very dark
- Being of the color black, producing or reflecting comparatively little light and having no predominant hue.
- Being or characterized by morbid or grimly satiric humor:
Exposed to wind and cold; unsheltered; treeless; bare
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- Exposed to wind and cold; unsheltered; treeless; bare
- Not cheerful; gloomy; dreary
- (Obs.) Pale; wan
Having the color of the clear sky or the deep sea
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- Having the color of the clear sky or the deep sea
- Being a trail, as for skiing, marked with a sign having a blue square, indicating an intermediate level of difficulty.
- Indecent; risqué:
Lacking cheer; depressing.
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Sullen or threatening:
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- Sullen or threatening:
- Almost black
- Reflecting only a small fraction of incident light; tending toward black:
Causing gloom or misery; depressing
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- Causing gloom or misery; depressing
- Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit:
- Dark and gloomy; bleak; dreary
Dismal; bleak.
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- Dismal; bleak.
- Boring; dull:
- Gloomy; cheerless; depressing; dismal; dull
Feeling or looking gloomy, sullen, or morose
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- Feeling or looking gloomy, sullen, or morose
- Gloomy; dismal.
- Moody and melancholy; dejected.
Cheerless; dismal.
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- Cheerless; dismal.
- Without joy; unhappy, sad
Melancholy; dismal:
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- Melancholy; dismal:
- Dark; gloomy:
- Dark and gloomy or dull
Serving to obscure or darken.
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- Serving to obscure or darken.
- Making dark; obscuring
- Gloomy; dark.
(Geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.
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Lacking something needed or expected:
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- Lacking something needed or expected:
- Suffering the death of a loved one; bereaved:
- Deprived, robbed, or devoid, as of life, hope, or happiness
An object that has been abandoned by its owner; an individual who is homeless, drunk or disorderly.
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- An object that has been abandoned by its owner; an individual who is homeless, drunk or disorderly.
- Deserted by an owner or keeper; abandoned:
- Deserted by the owner; abandoned; forsaken
Uninhabited:
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- Uninhabited:
- No longer occupied or used; abandoned:
- Abandoned
Lonely and sad; unhappy and neglected
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- Lonely and sad; unhappy and neglected
- Sad or lonely, especially from being deserted or abandoned:
- Abandoned or deserted
Abandoned; desolate; forlorn
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- Abandoned; desolate; forlorn
(Old Poet.) Forsaken, forlorn, bereft, or desolate
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- (Old Poet.) Forsaken, forlorn, bereft, or desolate
- (Obs.) Lost, ruined, or undone
- Abandoned; forlorn.
Sad or lonely, especially from being deserted or abandoned:
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- Sad or lonely, especially from being deserted or abandoned:
- Without hope; desperate
- Lonely and sad; unhappy and neglected
Causing such a feeling
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- Causing such a feeling
- Standing apart from others of its kind; isolated
- Of person, without companions; solitary.
Producing such dejection:
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- Producing such dejection:
- Unhappy due to being alone; lonely
- Having or causing a lonely feeling
Having the color of the clear sky or the deep sea
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- Having the color of the clear sky or the deep sea
- Being a trail, as for skiing, marked with a sign having a blue square, indicating an intermediate level of difficulty.
- Indecent; risqué:
Sad and dispirited.
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- Sad and dispirited.
- In low spirits; depressed; disheartened
Unhappy, and blaming oneself rather than others; despondent
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- Unhappy, and blaming oneself rather than others; despondent
- Lower in amount, degree, or position:
- Low in spirits; dejected.
Without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.
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- Without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.
- Affected or marked by low spirits; dejected.
Not permitted to advance further in the play because forward progress has stopped, especially by being tackled. Used of a ball carrier.
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- Not permitted to advance further in the play because forward progress has stopped, especially by being tackled. Used of a ball carrier.
- Low in spirits; depressed:
- Characterized by low or falling prices
Very unhappy or discouraged; sad; dejected
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- Very unhappy or discouraged; sad; dejected
- (Of eyes) Looking downwards.
- Low in spirits; depressed.
- Sad
- In low spirits; discouraged; dejected
Not vivid; not brilliant; dim
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- Not vivid; not brilliant; dim
- Cloudy or overcast:
- Not bright, vivid, or shiny:
- Pertaining to dysphoria, or of being in a state of dysphoria
Melancholy; depressed; sad.
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- Melancholy; depressed; sad.
Relatively small. Used of a cost, price, or other value:
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- Relatively small. Used of a cost, price, or other value:
- Cut to show the wearer's neck and chest; décolleté:
- Not loud; soft:
Of or relating to melancholia.
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- Of or relating to melancholia.
- Affected with or subject to melancholy.
- Filled with or affected by melancholy"”great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
Causing or tending to cause sadness or gloom:
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- Causing or tending to cause sadness or gloom:
- Feeling, showing, or expressing depression of the spirits; sad or dejected.
- Sad and depressed; gloomy
Showing, expressing, or feeling sorrow or unhappiness:
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- Showing, expressing, or feeling sorrow or unhappiness:
- Dark or dull in color; drab
- Having, expressing, or showing low spirits or sorrow; unhappy; mournful; sorrowful
Lacking spirit, energy, or vigor; listless; depressed
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- Lacking spirit, energy, or vigor; listless; depressed
Sorrowful; gloomy.
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- Sorrowful; gloomy.
- (Archaic) Sad; sorrowful; melancholy
Not attended by or bringing good fortune; unlucky:
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- Not attended by or bringing good fortune; unlucky:
- Not suitable or apt; ill-chosen
- Not suitable; inappropriate:
Sad and thoughtful
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- Sad and thoughtful
- Full of melancholy longing or wishful yearning:
- Full of yearning or longing
To overwhelm; confound; stun:
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- To overwhelm; confound; stun:
- To lay waste; make desolate; ravage; destroy
- To lay waste; destroy.
To pillage; sack:
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- To pillage; sack:
- To commit ravages
- To destroy violently; ruin
To pass without being put to use:
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- To pass without being put to use:
- (Now Rare) To pass or be spent
- To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly.
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