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lachrymose-dolorous
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English
12th Grade
08/02/2010

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Term
lachrymose
Definition

-adjective

1 : given to tears or weeping : tearful
2 : tending to cause tears : mournful

Term
morose
Definition

-adjective

1 : having a sullen and gloomy disposition
2 : marked by or expressive of gloom

Term
apathetic
Definition

-adjective

1 : having or showing little or no feeling or emotion : spiritless
2 : having little or no interest or concern : indifferent

Term
listless
Definition

-adjective

 characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit (a listless melancholy attitude)

Term
despondent
Definition

-adjective

feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression (despondent about his health)

Term
lugubrious
Definition

-adjective

1 : mournfulespecially : exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful (dark, dramatic and lugubrious brooding — V. S. Pritchett)
2 : dismmal (a lugubrious landscape)

Term
morbid
Definition

-adjective

1 a : of, relating to, or characteristic of disease (morbid anatomy) 

b : affected with or induced by disease(a morbid condition) 

c : productive of disease (morbid substances)
2 : abnormally susceptible to or characterized by gloomy or unwholesome feelings
3 : grisly, gruesome (morbid details) (morbid curiosity)

Term
querulous
Definition

-adjective

1 : habitually complaining
2 : fretful, whining (a querulous voice)

Term
petulant
Definition

-adjective

1 : insolent or rude in speech or behavior
2 : characterized by temporary or capricious ill humor : peevish

Term
peevish
Definition

-adjective

1 : querulous in temperament or mood : fretful
2 : perversely obstinate (a peevish child)
3 : marked by ill temper

Term
dolorous
Definition

-adjective

causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief

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