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Synonyms of prosternation

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Another word for prosternation is melancholy. Other synonyms of prosternation are misery, blueness, tristesse, mirthless and blues.

Synonyms and similar words for prosternation

nounDejection; depression.

  • melancholyGreat sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
  • miseryGreat unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
  • 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
  • melancholiaDeep sadness or gloom; melancholy.
  • 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.
  • unhappinessThe feeling of not being happy.
  • woeGreat sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness.
  • woefareDiscontentment; sorrow; unhappiness.
  • wretchednessAn unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
  • drearihead obsoleteSadness; dreariness.
  • heartsore rareHeartache, misery, grief.
  • mishappiness obsoleteUnhappiness; wretchedness; misery.
  • regret obsolete
  • rue archaic, dialectalSorrow; repentance; regret.
  • ruth obsoleteDistress, misery, sorrow.

Meaning of prosternation

  1. noun Dejection; depression.

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Questions about synonyms of prosternation

What is another word for prosternation?
Prosternation has 34 synonyms on Word.ws, such as melancholy, misery, blueness, tristesse, mirthless, blues, crestfallenness and dejection.
What does prosternation mean?
Prosternation means dejection; depression.

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