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  • 41Comfortless — Com fort*less, a. Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. [1913 Webster] Comfortless through tyranny or might. Spenser. Syn: Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable; disconsolate; wretched; miserable. {Com fort*less*ly},… …

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  • 42Comfortlessly — Comfortless Com fort*less, a. Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. [1913 Webster] Comfortless through tyranny or might. Spenser. Syn: Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable; disconsolate; wretched; miserable. {Com… …

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  • 43Comfortlessness — Comfortless Com fort*less, a. Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. [1913 Webster] Comfortless through tyranny or might. Spenser. Syn: Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable; disconsolate; wretched; miserable. {Com… …

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  • 44Dull — Dull, a. [Compar. {Duller}; superl. {Dullest}.] [AS. dol foolish; akin to gedwelan to err, D. dol mad, dwalen to wander, err, G. toll mad, Goth. dwals foolish, stupid, cf. Gr. ? turbid, troubled, Skr. dhvr to cause to fall. Cf. {Dolt}, {Dwale},… …

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  • 45Duller — Dull Dull, a. [Compar. {Duller}; superl. {Dullest}.] [AS. dol foolish; akin to gedwelan to err, D. dol mad, dwalen to wander, err, G. toll mad, Goth. dwals foolish, stupid, cf. Gr. ? turbid, troubled, Skr. dhvr to cause to fall. Cf. {Dolt},… …

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  • 46Dullest — Dull Dull, a. [Compar. {Duller}; superl. {Dullest}.] [AS. dol foolish; akin to gedwelan to err, D. dol mad, dwalen to wander, err, G. toll mad, Goth. dwals foolish, stupid, cf. Gr. ? turbid, troubled, Skr. dhvr to cause to fall. Cf. {Dolt},… …

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  • 47blue — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. azure, indigo, sapphire (see color); delft; severe, puritanical; sad, dejected, depressed, dispirited, downhearted; risqué, profane. See impurity, dejection.Ant., happy. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …

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  • 48disconsolate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inconsolable, comfortless, hopeless; melancholy, forlorn, sad. See dejection. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Dejected] Syn. inconsolable, despondent, hopeless, melancholy; see sad 1 . 2. [Dismal] Syn.… …

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  • 49gloomy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. obscure, shadowy; despondent, glum. Ant., bright. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Dark] Syn. dim, clouded, unlit; see dark 1 . 2. [Melancholy] Syn. downhearted, depressed, morose; see sad 1 . 3.… …

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  • 50glum — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. morose, sullen, moody, gloomy, low, unhappy. See dejection. Ant., cheerful. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. moody, morose, sullen; see sad 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. sullen, gloomy, morose,… …

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