Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling.
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Bade.
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Bade.
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Without joy, gladness, or comfort.
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Without joy, gladness, or comfort.
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of Depress
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of Depress
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Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment;…
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Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment;…
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Sorrow; wretchedness.
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Sorrow; wretchedness.
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The quality or state of being sorry.
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The quality or state of being sorry.
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Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life.
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Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life.
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Penitent; sorry for sin.
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Penitent; sorry for sin.
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Bade.
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Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets.
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Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color…
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Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable.
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Alt. of Dinghy
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Disconsolateness.
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Fatal; ill-omened; unlucky.
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of Distress
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A low, sluttish woman.
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Dismal; gloomy with solitude.
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Sorrowful; distressful.
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Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy.
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Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.
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Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance.
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Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.
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Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining.
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Sated; satisfied; weary; tired.
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