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Synonyms of Plutonian

120 similar words · 2 opposite words

Another word for Plutonian is depressed. Other synonyms of Plutonian are miserable, unhappy, hellish, heavy-hearted and low-spirited.

Synonyms and similar words for Plutonian

adjectiveOf or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld; demonic, infernal.

  • HadeanPertaining to Hades or hell.
  • PlutonicSynonym of Plutonian (“of or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld; demonic, infernal”).
  • Acherontic figurativelyOf or pertaining to hell.
  • infernal
  • hellishInfernal, related or similar to hell.
  • stygian figuratively, literaryInfernal or hellish.
  • subtartareanBeneath Tartarus; infernal.
  • TartareanOf or relating to Tartarus.
  • Plutonical obsolete
  • helly obsoleteHellish, infernal.

adjectiveOf, relating to, or having characteristics associated with the underworld; dark, gloomy; mournful.

  • cimmerian
  • tenebrousDark and gloomy; obscure.
  • dismalDepressing, dreary, cheerless.
  • melancholicFilled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
  • adumbralDark, shady.
  • blear
  • caliginousDark, obscure; murky.
  • crepuscular
  • darkExtremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
  • darksomeCharacterized by darkness; gloomy, obscure.
  • darkling
  • dim
  • dimpsy
  • dingy
  • dullBored, depressed, down.
  • dusky
  • fuliginousPertaining to or resembling soot in such features as colour, texture or taste; sooty, dusky.
  • gloomySuffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.
  • leaden
  • lightlessLacking light; unilluminated; dark.
  • murky
  • murksomeCharacterised or marked by murkiness; darksome.
  • obscure
  • shady
  • somber
  • sombrousGloomy; sombre.
  • sunless
  • swarthy
  • tenebrose
  • twilightishResembling twilight; crepuscular.
  • umbrageous
  • unilluminatedNot illuminated.
  • atrabiliary
  • atrabilious
  • blithelessWithout happiness or joy; unjoyful; sorrowful; sad.
  • dispiritedWithout energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.
  • blueDepressed, melancholic, sad.
  • bummed outDepressed, disappointed, in a gloomy mood.
  • chapfallenCrestfallen, dejected.
  • cheerlessDevoid of cheer; gloomy.
  • chopfallenSynonym of chapfallen.
  • crestfallen
  • cut up Australia, UKEmotionally upset; mentally distressed.
  • damp figuratively
  • dejectedSad and dispirited.
  • depressedUnhappy; despondent.
  • despondentIn low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
  • disgruntledIn a dissatisfied, frustrated, or upset mood; in a bad temper or ill humour.
  • disconsolateSeemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.
  • disheartenedDiscouraged, despairing.
  • dolefulFilled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness.
  • dolesomeCharacterised or marked by sorrow and grief; doleful; dismal; gloomy.
  • downSad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
  • down in the dumpsSad; lacking engagement or enthusiasm.
  • down in the mouthSad or discouraged, especially as indicated by one's facial appearance.
  • downcastOf a person: feeling despondent or discouraged.
  • downheartedSad, discouraged, in low spirits, unhappy, having no hope.
  • downsomeLow-spirited; melancholy.
  • elegiacExpressing sorrow or mourning.
  • elegiousMelancholy, miserable, plaintive.
  • forlornPitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.
  • glumDespondent; moody; sullen.
  • grief-strickenVery sad.
  • grievingFeeling or showing sorrow or distress due to loss, especially the death of someone.
  • heavy-heartedSad, melancholic.
  • heartsoreHeartsick.
  • heartsickVery despondent or sorrowful; heartsore.
  • inconsolableNot consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress.
  • infelicitous
  • jawfallenDejected, dispirited.
  • joylessWithout joy; unhappy, sad.
  • lachrymoseTearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
  • lowDepressed in mood, dejected, sad.
  • low-spiritedDisheartened, feeling low, in low spirits.
  • lugubriousGloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
  • melancholyAffected with great sadness or depression.
  • miserableIn a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.
  • moodySulky or depressed.
  • mopeyGiven to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits; lackadaisical.
  • moroseSullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.
  • mournfulFilled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
  • plaintiveSounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
  • querulousOften complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.
  • ruthfulFull of sorrow; sorrowful; woeful; rueful.
  • sad
  • saddened
  • saturnineOf a person: having a tendency to be cold and gloomy.
  • shatteredEmotionally defeated or dispirited.
  • solemn
  • sombreMelancholic, gloomy, dreary, dismal; grim.
  • sorrowfulExhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person).
  • sorrow-riddenFilled with sorrow or sorrows.
  • sorrowsomeMarked by sorrow; sad; dreary; sorrowful.
  • spiritlessLacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated.
  • sullenGloomy; dismal; foreboding.
  • threneticSorrowful; mournful.
  • threneticalThrenetic.
  • uncheerfulNot cheerful.
  • uncheeryNot cheery; gloomy, pessimistic.
  • unconsolableSynonym of inconsolable.
  • unhappyNot happy; sad.
  • unlivelyNot lively.
  • wistfulSad and thoughtful.
  • woebegoneOf a person: deeply affected or overwhelmed by suffering or trouble, and so filled with woe (“great distress or...
  • woefulFull of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
  • wretchedCharacterized by or feeling deep affliction or distress; very miserable.
  • mirksome archaicDark; gloomy; murky.
  • lamentful rareReplete with lamentation; mournful.
  • lumpish obsoleteMiserable, sad.
  • passionate obsolete

Opposite of Plutonian

nounA proponent of plutonism; a plutonist.

Meaning of Plutonian

  1. adjective Of or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld; demonic, infernal.
  2. adjective Of, relating to, or having characteristics associated with the underworld; dark, gloomy; mournful.
  3. adjective Synonym of plutonic (“of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust, rather than by volcanoes at the surface of the Earth”).

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Questions about synonyms of Plutonian

What is another word for Plutonian?
Plutonian has 120 synonyms on Word.ws, such as depressed, miserable, unhappy, hellish, heavy-hearted, low-spirited, grief-stricken and melancholy.
What is the opposite of Plutonian?
The opposite of Plutonian is Neptunian. Other antonyms of Plutonian are Neptunist.
What does Plutonian mean?
Plutonian means of or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld; demonic, infernal.

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