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Synonyms of drearihead

34 similar words

Another word for drearihead is melancholia. Other synonyms of drearihead are melancholy, unhappiness, blueness, tristesse and mirthless.

Synonyms and similar words for drearihead

nounSadness; dreariness.

  • melancholiaDeep sadness or gloom; melancholy.
  • melancholyGreat sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
  • unhappinessThe feeling of not being happy.
  • bluenessMelancholy.
  • tristesse literarySadness.
  • mirthlessLacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.
  • bluesA feeling of sadness or depression.
  • crestfallennessThe quality of being crestfallen.
  • dejectionA state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
  • depressionA state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future...
  • despondencyA feeling of depression or disheartenment.
  • distress
  • dolefulnessThe characteristic of being doleful; sadness.
  • downheartednessThe characteristic of being downhearted; sadness.
  • forlornnessThe state or characteristic of being forlorn; sadness; loneliness.
  • griefEmotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or...
  • ill-beingThe state of being ill, unhealthy, or unhappy; misery; miserableness.
  • infelicity
  • miseryGreat unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
  • mourn literarySorrow, grief.
  • sadness
  • sorrowUnhappiness, woe.
  • sorrowfulnessThe quality or state of sorrow; sadness.
  • tristfulnessSadness; sorrow; melancholy.
  • undelightThe condition or feeling of lacking delight; unhappiness or displeasure.
  • woeGreat sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness.
  • woefareDiscontentment; sorrow; unhappiness.
  • wretchednessAn unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
  • heartsore rareHeartache, misery, grief.
  • mishappiness obsoleteUnhappiness; wretchedness; misery.
  • prosternation obsoleteDejection; depression.
  • regret obsolete
  • rue archaic, dialectalSorrow; repentance; regret.
  • ruth obsoleteDistress, misery, sorrow.

Meaning of drearihead

  1. noun Sadness; dreariness.

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Questions about synonyms of drearihead

What is another word for drearihead?
Drearihead has 34 synonyms on Word.ws, such as melancholia, melancholy, unhappiness, blueness, tristesse, mirthless, blues and crestfallenness.
What does drearihead mean?
Drearihead means sadness; dreariness.

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