All bleakness synonyms
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B b noun bleakness
- despair β Despair is the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.
- unhappiness β sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
- desolateness β barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
- solitude β the state of being or living alone; seclusion: to enjoy one's solitude.
- devastation β Devastation is severe and widespread destruction or damage.
- loneliness β affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.
- isolation β an act or instance of isolating.
- shadow β a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- cloud β A cloud is a mass of water vapour that floats in the sky. Clouds are usually white or grey in colour.
- heartache β emotional pain or distress; sorrow; grief; anguish.
- poignancy β the state or condition of being poignant.
- grief β keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
- heartbreak β great sorrow, grief, or anguish.
- anguish β Anguish is great mental suffering or physical pain.
- distress β great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- dreariness β causing sadness or gloom.
- down-hearted β dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- dole β Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969β96.
- mortification β a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one's pride or self-respect.
- trouble β to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- worry β to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- unhappiness β sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
- desperation β Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
- doleful β sorrowful; mournful; melancholy: a doleful look on her face.
- bummer β If you say that something is a bummer, you mean that it is unpleasant or annoying.
- dullness β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- desolation β Desolation is a feeling of great unhappiness and hopelessness.
- melancholy β sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
- dejection β Dejection is a feeling of sadness that you get, for example, when you have just been disappointed by something.
- sorrow β distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
- despondency β Despondency is a strong feeling of unhappiness caused by difficulties which you feel you cannot overcome.
- hopelessness β providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- qualm β an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction: He has no qualms about lying.
- discouragement β an act or instance of discouraging.
- gloom β total or partial darkness; dimness.
- abasement β to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.
- dumps β an accumulation of discarded garbage, refuse, etc.
- sadness β affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
- dolor β sorrow; grief.
- misery β wretchedness of condition or circumstances.
- blahs β nonsense; rubbish: What they say is blah.
- gloominess β dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
- cheerless β Cheerless places or weather are dull and depressing.
- woeful β full of woe; wretched; unhappy: a woeful situation.
- melancholia β a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.
- lowness β situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- dispirited β discouraged; dejected; disheartened; gloomy.
- abjection β an abject state or condition
- waste β to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- wreck β any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.