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What is another word for
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Noun
The complete loss or absence of hope
A cause of great distress or annoyance
The action of lying stretched out on the ground
The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot change them
Verb
To lose or be without hope
To cause concern or anxiety
(
dated
)
To feel or display deep distress
To think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried
Admit defeat
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Noun
▲
The complete loss or absence of hope
despondency
desperation
hopelessness
anguish
depression
dejection
disheartenment
gloom
melancholy
misery
pain
discouragement
dispiritedness
forlornness
resignation
wretchedness
angst
desolation
despondence
dismay
distress
unhappiness
cross
demoralisation
UK
demoralization
US
disconsolateness
dolor
dreariness
melancholia
miserableness
resignedness
torment
trial
woe
affliction
agony
anxiety
burden
cheerlessness
defeatism
despond
disappointment
doldrums
dolefulness
dolour
excruciation
glumness
hardship
joylessness
ordeal
pessimism
rue
sorrow
torture
tribulation
blues
downheartedness
dumps
gloominess
grief
heartache
heartbreak
heartsickness
mopes
mournfulness
oppression
sadness
sorrowfulness
straits
suffering
travail
dashed hopes
low spirits
blue devils
worry
regret
malaise
discomfort
mourning
bitterness
heavy-heartedness
moroseness
disconsolation
infelicity
moodiness
bleakness
funk
lamentation
chagrin
trouble
grieving
vexation
hurt
sorriness
blue funk
dismals
blahs
heavy heart
discontent
listlessness
disquiet
upset
woefulness
heaviness of heart
broken-heartedness
trauma
dismalness
mortification
lamenting
bereavement
dissatisfaction
pang
negativity
broken heart
uneasiness
abjection
dejectedness
catatonia
the blues
remorse
Weltschmerz
bemoaning
weariness
pensiveness
rack
ennui
dullness
care
dole
letdown
mental suffering
abjectness
desperateness
the hump
cynicism
tearfulness
grievance
darkness
shock
mopery
weeping
worriment
down
bewailing
lament
misgiving
irritation
horror
hurting
fatalism
dysphoria
megrim
anhedonia
throe
headache
purgatory
shadow
hell
devastation
sullenness
pall
apathy
nightmare
spectre
UK
misfortune
disquietude
somberness
concern
emotional suffering
downcastness
displeasure
murder
lassitude
problem
poignancy
cloud
blackness
Gehenna
qualm
specter
US
discontentment
boredom
tedium
negative thinking
ache
foreboding
saturninity
embarrassment
morbidity
heaviness
lowness
indifference
mulligrubs
mubblefubbles
abasement
bummer
pining
lack of enthusiasm
twinge
heavyheartedness
repining
slough of despond
deploring
downer
the dumps
bad news
blue Johnnies
hell on earth
the dismals
the mopes
spinelessness
discord
distraction
agitation
unrest
stress
scruple
harassment
nervousness
fear
turmoil
strife
sombreness
bale
extreme unhappiness
blight
menace
threat
strain
tumult
disaster
unpleasantness
lugubriousness
mirthlessness
discomfiture
adversity
inertia
awfulness
painfulness
chill
cold feet
sorrowing
keening
perturbation
mope
dourness
sulks
repentance
calvary
curse
perplexity
stew
unconsolability
abyss
hellhole
lack of confidence
tragedy
nastiness
disagreeableness
pathos
dolefuls
wistfulness
wailing
visitation
shame
unwillingness
world-weariness
dark night of the soul
extreme upset
drag
cataclysm
rain
low-spiritedness
a low
deprivation
uncooperativeness
contrariness
antagonism
negativeness
down trip
stagnation
stupor
slump
disinterest
sluggishness
lethargy
torpor
inactivity
yawn
trials and tribulations
being bummed
poverty
heartbrokenness
loss of confidence
disillusionment
disenchantment
shiva
frustration
disgruntlement
illness
unease
stitch
passion
squalor
disfavor
US
indignation
aching
moaning
crying
languishing
martyrdom
black mood
sarcasm
grievousness
sickness
weakness
disapproval
disillusion
resentment
aggravation
disfavour
UK
exasperation
disaffection
discontentedness
distaste
dysthymia
megrims
low
anvil chorus
fretfulness
dislike
annoyance
disrelish
disgust
unfulfilment
anger
doubt
distrust
hump
vapors
US
vapours
UK
lugubriosity
troubles
restlessness
enervation
clinical depression
malcontentment
discomposure
malcontent
disapprobation
nihilism
suspicion
dyspepsia
ailment
languor
ailments
ills
endogenous depression
expecting the worst
doom and gloom
reactive depression
infirmity
disease
debility
feebleness
indisposition
ill-humor
gloomy outlook
dim view
dark side
lack of hope
postnatal depression
one's black dog
weltschmerz
decrepitude
disorder
condition
sickliness
infirmness
malady
unhealthiness
expectation of worst
looking on the black side
difficulty
hassle
blow
calamity
misadventure
mishap
catastrophe
bad luck
bother
inconvenience
reverse
injury
harm
ruin
ruination
albatross
ill fortune
mischance
bane
setback
accident
travails
hard time
failure
cross to bear
stroke of bad luck
damage
destruction
ill
vicissitude
rigor
US
loss
rigour
UK
privation
nuisance
upheaval
struggle
crucible
persecution
dire straits
destitution
defeat
hot water
hard times
reversal
collapse
debacle
scourge
hazard
rotten luck
issue
undoing
disturbance
casualty
ill luck
pressure
dilemma
hindrance
pangs
death
danger
doom
downfall
pest
load
sweat
want
affront
detriment
apprehensiveness
need
austerity
plague
gauntlet
penury
traumatization
derangement
fiasco
whammy
labour
UK
beggary
gantlet
fire
lack
confusion
exigency
complication
holocaust
alarm
scrape
hitch
labor
US
knock
rainy day
hard luck
apocalypse
severe test
trying time
end
contretemps
mishanter
perdition
emergency
tough luck
tough break
hard knocks
stroke
reverse of fortune
wreck
slip
crash
the worst
bad experience
subversion
dispossession
throes
bind
deep trouble
mess
predicament
wronging
ruth
wrong
mischief
disadvantage
harsh conditions
evil
test
jolt
millstone
bad break
double whammy
hard knock
malice
comedown
drama
cruelty
dud
cumber
big trouble
reversal of fortune
problems
insult
sad event
cost
thorn in one's flesh
slight
offence
UK
buffet
outburst
disability
tension
neediness
crux
plight
impecuniousness
impecuniosity
moan
shit show
farce
heavy blow
fell stroke
rough situation
act of God
flood
stroke of ill luck
fall
issues
trials
asperity
hardness
plaint
toil
peril
drudgery
fatigue
meltdown
task
tenseness
sobbing
financial distress
uphill battle
Herculean task
fluster
fright
row
pitfall
indigence
crisis
shake-up
disruption
surprise
disarray
ululation
wail
howl
effort
work
puzzle
difficulties
offense
US
wound
reversion
dislocation
commotion
queasiness
hang-up
impoverishment
complaint
sob
groan
howling
dirge
keen
third degree
going-over
grilling
ferment
dread
trepidation
exertion
pains
check
pickle
jam
crunch
pinch
tizzy
turn-up
lapse
cry
responsibility
alluvion
havoc
culmination
finale
car crash
upshot
curtains
waterloo
termination
infliction
fatality
denouement
nervous tension
overextension
distention
heat
intensity
mistrust
flutter
urgency
fearfulness
nervosity
anxiousness
apprehension
concernment
agita
thought
sense of loss
expectancy
impatience
fuss
burdens
hold-up
one in the eye
body blow
kick in the teeth
holy mess
unholy mess
ticklish spot
expenditure
ill-luck
ill-fortune
can of worms
irk
irritant
thorn
bugbear
peeve
rub
botheration
aggro
ruffle
bad time
ado
attention
overthrow
while
flurry
bustle
snag
hair shirt
elbow grease
unseating
deposition
ousting
vanquishing
conquest
toppling
overturn
elimination
debasement
annihilation
disgrace
humiliation
nemesis
Waterloo
labefaction
trip
destroyer
miscalculation
omission
last straw
loss of power
stumble
misstep
bad omen
flaw
smash
faux pas
fumble
final straw
error
blunder
fault
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“The entrance to the tunnel had collapsed, and for just a brief moment, there was a look of
despair
on Nathan Drake's face.”
Noun
▲
A cause of great distress or annoyance
bane
plague
destruction
ruin
scourge
burden
torment
affliction
curse
misery
nuisance
pest
ruination
trial
woe
calamity
death
torture
disaster
distress
evil
hardship
menace
pain
suffering
trouble
bête noire
blight
misfortune
nemesis
tribulation
bête noir
bitter pill
downfall
headache
nightmare
annoyance
bother
cross to bear
irritation
undoing
fatal attraction
ordeal
problem
vexation
irritant
hassle
worry
adversity
inconvenience
pestilence
aggravation
pain in the backside
pain in the rear
pain in the neck
pain in the bum
bugbear
difficulty
cancer
visitation
canker
cross
exasperation
bore
drag
botheration
peeve
grief
sorrow
blow
catastrophe
source of irritation
source of annoyance
agony
thorn in your flesh
wretchedness
tragedy
setback
anguish
nudnik
skelf
frustration
irk
rub
thorn
aggro
ruffle
disease
tease
bind
mishap
corruption
nark
reverse
misadventure
hair shirt
virus
fair cow
poison
defeat
stress
infliction
contagion
travail
albatross
depression
collapse
provocation
nyaff
gall
nag
Waterloo
failure
accident
punishment
infection
contamination
bad luck
bad news
cataclysm
penalty
pollution
bug
hell
terror
horror
miasma
load
overthrow
hurt
excruciation
rack
straits
vicissitude
gauntlet
crucible
besetment
tormentor
pinprick
trauma
discomfort
fall
Gehenna
blister
fire
gantlet
disgrace
vanquishing
unseating
pill
care
road to ruin
goad
conquest
toppling
ousting
end
deposition
debasement
annihilation
reversal
thorn in one's flesh
debacle
creep
source of vexation
bummer
elimination
source of aggravation
crash
mischance
casualty
labefaction
thorn in side
complication
slip
bane of one's life
hell on earth
stroke of bad luck
loss of power
severe test
doom
hard time
ill fortune
trying time
waterloo
illness
retribution
unhappiness
anxiety
vengeance
issue
cause for concern
pet peeve
septicity
toxicity
sickness
benefit
blessing
displeasure
sadness
correction
millstone
ills
travails
agitation
chagrin
blast
hydra
Cancer
taint
venom
impurity
rigor
US
rigour
UK
hard times
heartbreak
calvary
quagmire
dilemma
hindrance
predicament
infirmity
crux
condition
weakness
plight
thorn in one's side
gripe
sore point
thorn in the flesh
pain in the behind
cumber
mildew
fungus
big trouble
reversal of fortune
infestation
thorn in your side
eyesore
sight
withering
dump
trials and tribulations
malignancy
descent
decline
declination
demise
breakdown
deterioration
degeneracy
declension
degeneration
devolution
blot on the landscape
malignity
balefulness
persecution
comedown
decadence
comeuppance
degradation
eclipse
flameout
harassment
rack and ruin
atrophy
loss of status
loss of prosperity
soreness
purgatory
murder
nagging
dread
bogey
phobia
gadfly
persecutor
nudnick
annoyer
cuss
epidemic
gnawer
insect
teaser
hallucination
gogga
blighter
bad influence
fantasy
vision
pet hate
succubus
phantasm
fancy
dream
illusion
pesterer
drip
nudge
badgerer
bad dream
overturn
shame
crashing bore
thorn in someone's side
thorn in someone's flesh
night terror
humiliation
stumble
wreck
trip
misstep
bad omen
destroyer
miscalculation
omission
last straw
flaw
smash
faux pas
fumble
final straw
error
blunder
fault
subversion
apocalypse
contretemps
holocaust
shock
emergency
buffet
exigency
bale
mishanter
stroke
hazard
flood
farce
harm
upset
abyss
reverse of fortune
shit show
the worst
heavy blow
stroke of ill luck
hard luck
fell stroke
ill luck
hot water
rough situation
act of God
crisis
disappointment
ill
knock
car crash
dire straits
upheaval
meltdown
devastation
whammy
fiasco
destitution
jam
loss
mess
crunch
pickle
havoc
hitch
extremity
curtains
quandary
end of the world
tough luck
indigence
pinch
injury
downer
penury
bad break
tight corner
lapse
sticky situation
tight spot
desolation
critical situation
fix
hole
spot of bother
poverty
scrape
mire
infelicity
conundrum
imbroglio
extinction
drama
detriment
beggary
Armageddon
disadvantage
deep water
rotten luck
check
day of reckoning
heartache
damage
sad state
hard knocks
tricky situation
tight situation
train wreck
tinderbox
clutch
disturbance
danger
privation
unfortunate incident
snag
strait
impasse
deprivation
nuclear holocaust
turmoil
want
need
entanglement
perplexity
holy mess
unholy mess
shambles
muddle
letdown
impoverishment
pileup
fender-bender
doomsday
bad experience
end times
ill-fortune
double trouble
worst-case scenario
convulsion
sorry condition
awkward situation
problematic situation
unfortunate situation
no-win situation
difficult situation
insolvency
struggle
perdition
Dunkirk
juncture
head
crossroads
conjuncture
rout
termination
embarrassment
armageddon
spot
non-success
stew
dolor
quietus
nakba
bankruptcy
mischief
expiration
decease
passing
dissolution
passage
grave
breaking point
flash point
zero hour
boiling point
crunch time
jolt
unpleasantness
exit
expiry
pass
pressure
urgency
mistake
stack-up
total
crack-up
smashup
wrack-up
commotion
mishappening
chaos
disarray
disorder
tension
dolour
fate
sleep
dole
collision
decimation
austerity
evil fortune
evil chance
carnage
body blow
pauperdom
asperity
hardness
grievance
great divide
lack
kick in the teeth
sad event
Judgment Day
financial ruin
ill-luck
hang-up
tough break
can of worms
dreadful thing
awful thing
terrible thing
awkward
ragnarok
judgement day
mutual assured destruction
World War III
disintegration
decay
worst
devastating blow
contingency
cost
flooding
failing
discouragement
blue ruin
extreme suffering
casus
befalling
bad thing
difficulties
wrong
jar
tumult
finish
squalor
ill chance
down
dud
worst case
rear ender
spectacle
unluckiness
botched situation
sordidness
unpredictable outcome
throe
boo-boo
offense
US
prejudice
offence
UK
ill-treatment
disservice
alluvion
culmination
finale
upshot
fatality
denouement
sentence
worst outcome
lot
lack of success
incident
fuss
ticklish spot
gloom
business
circumstance
occasion
adventure
row
scene
melodrama
affair
worst that could happen
disbenefit
rear-ender
fluke
thrill
fracas
sensation
excitement
necessity
unluck
hold-up
worst possible outcome
dejection
worst comes to worst
bad trot
oppression
bad fortune
neediness
urgent situation
to-do
melancholy
despondency
unfortunate occurrence
bad trip
impecuniousness
impecuniosity
bombshell
surprise
one in the eye
grievous blow
crossroad
squeeze
compulsion
desperate straits
push
climax
unforeseen circumstances
indebtedness
liquidation
trials
tear-jerker
sorriness
dolefulness
thunderbolt
serious accident
toil
peril
labor
US
drudgery
labour
UK
panic stations
fatigue
Apocalypse
Final Judgment
turning point
disgruntlement
grieving
lamentation
bemoaning
rue
blues
deploring
rain
regret
bath
debt
repulse
financial distress
uphill battle
Herculean task
rainy day
turnabout
vanquishment
conquering
let-down
Chapter 11
administration
receivership
brutality
cruelty
act of cruelty
destituteness
mendicity
pauperism
rude awakening
knock-back
source of distress
evildoing
economic failure
bolt from the blue
bolt out of the blue
sin
crime
waste
hurting
jinx
skids
confusion
despoliation
shipwreck
messiness
bust
puzzle
monstrosity
situation
bomb
disorderliness
financial failure
terrible fate
grim fate
slaughter
demolition
ravages
wastage
mincemeat
wreckage
extermination
obliteration
depredation
demolishment
Ragnarok
conflagration
eschaton
ravagement
harsh conditions
despoiling
vandalism
plunder
dilapidation
tough situation
evil eye
kiss of death
vicious circle
hot potato
rabbit hole
crying shame
cause for regret
cause for disappointment
sad thing
pity
source of regret
sad situation
unfortunate thing
prang
smash-up
road traffic accident
car accident
multiple collision
traffic accident
RTA
pile-up
road accident
multiple crash
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of lying stretched out on the ground
prostration
collapse
exhaustion
fatigue
lassitude
tiredness
weakness
depression
helplessness
paralysis
weariness
desolation
burnout
debility
dejection
despondency
enervation
frazzle
grief
breakdown
emotional exhaustion
incapacitation
depth of misery
languor
overtiredness
listlessness
sluggishness
feebleness
lethargy
faintness
drowsiness
debilitation
languidness
lack of energy
sleepiness
somnolence
torpor
inertia
enfeeblement
jet lag
lifelessness
lack of vitality
asthenia
strain
heaviness
doziness
infirmity
frailty
apathy
incapacity
ennui
devitalization
delicacy
frailness
fragility
lowness
indisposition
wimpiness
fatigation
dullness
weediness
disablement
wooziness
expenditure
consumption
grogginess
vapidness
flat
vapidity
rag
remnant
shred
sickliness
decrepitude
wall
flatness
bonk
brain fag
sickness
illness
malaise
impairment
stress
tension
ineffectiveness
encumbrance
disease
unhealthiness
extreme tiredness
inanition
the wall
poor health
torpidity
stupor
hebetude
sloth
sluggardliness
jadedness
idleness
laziness
inaction
inactivity
weakening
impotence
depletion
exhaustedness
attenuation
immobility
enfeebled state
powerlessness
defatigation
monotony
disillusionment
languishment
indifference
disinterest
indolence
disregard
passivity
unconcern
impassivity
insouciance
phlegm
heedlessness
passiveness
detachment
dispassion
slowness
inertness
insensibility
coolness
emotionlessness
incuriosity
unresponsiveness
aloofness
halfheartedness
coldness
stoicism
incuriousness
insensitivity
stolidity
stolidness
uninterest
slothfulness
insensibleness
shiftlessness
nonchalance
stagnation
torpidness
coma
supineness
accidie
disinterestedness
slumber
casualness
complacence
dispassionateness
numbness
unmindfulness
sleep
narcosis
lack of concern
lack of enthusiasm
leadenness
lack of interest
otiosity
oscitancy
slacking
shirking
dormancy
disinclination
procrastination
acedia
boredom
impassiveness
unfeelingness
deadness
uncaring attitude
uninterestedness
slackness
fainéance
stagnancy
faineance
stasis
doldrums
negligence
quiescence
neglectfulness
impassibility
half-heartedness
lack of commitment
demotivation
senioritis
neurasthenia
anergia
dopeyness
stillness
passiven
dreaminess
inactiveness
dopiness
motionlessness
heavy eyelids
immobilization
US
lack of motivation
laxness
composure
immobilisation
UK
flimsiness
infirmness
calm
calmness
self-control
equanimity
lackadaisicalness
disinclination to move
lameness
etiolation
meagerness
effeteness
neglect
non-intervention
nonaction
lack of care
lack of curiosity
absence of feeling
inattention
self-possession
sangfroid
mopery
skiving
remissness
do-nothingness
oscitation
comatoseness
somnolency
dispiritedness
droopiness
lack of involvement
neutrality
delicateness
shakiness
thinness
level-headedness
self-assurance
cool
indolency
faineancy
laxity
suspension
deliquescence
fecklessness
quietude
deferral
unflappability
lack of strength
serenity
placidity
self-confidence
tranquillity
UK
tranquility
US
placidness
affectlessness
imperturbability
frostiness
tedium
vegetation
daze
sameness
world-weariness
tediousness
desuetude
disuse
unemployment
frustration
dissatisfaction
restlessness
restiveness
trance
unconsciousness
hibernation
dilatoriness
repetitiveness
routine
blandness
blahs
irksomeness
uniformity
dreariness
humdrum
pottering
vegetating
sedentariness
time-wasting
dilly-dallying
slouch
truancy
dawdling
droning
trifling
loitering
inoperativeness
laze
leisure
joblessness
lazing
loafing
quietness
stupefaction
blankness
deadliness
disgust
tiresomeness
pococurantism
sameyness
yawn
distaste
sopor
time to burn
time on one's hands
own sweet time
goof-off time
dolce far niente
time to kill
blackout
oblivion
dwam
taedium vitae
lack of variation
lack of variety
lack of excitement
shock
petrifaction
anesthesia
US
bewilderment
fainting
hypnosis
amazement
swooning
swoon
vacancy
dream
asphyxia
limpness
anaesthesia
UK
state of stupefaction
state of unconsciousness
state of senselessness
suspended animation
more ❯
Noun
▲
The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot change them
fatalism
acceptance
resignation
necessitarianism
predestinarianism
stoicism
passivity
defeatism
determinism
gloom
gloominess
negativism
pessimism
predeterminism
despondency
destinism
fate
fatedness
passive acceptance
predestination
negative thinking
doom and gloom
acceptance of the inevitable
negativity
spinelessness
melancholy
dejection
cynicism
hopelessness
depression
glumness
doubt
distrust
sadness
grief
Weltschmerz
suspicion
unhappiness
angst
nihilism
dyspepsia
expecting the worst
low spirits
dark side
dim view
lack of hope
gloomy outlook
looking on the black side
expectation of worst
dolefulness
misery
dispiritedness
mournfulness
desolation
downheartedness
despondence
disconsolateness
forlornness
despond
sorrowfulness
joylessness
miserableness
dreariness
heartsickness
doldrums
blues
oppression
discouragement
dumps
mopes
blue devils
sorrow
distress
wretchedness
woe
cheerlessness
melancholia
dolor
desperation
anguish
heartache
blue funk
moroseness
heavy-heartedness
dismals
blahs
disheartenment
moodiness
funk
the blues
bleakness
demoralization
US
dismay
disappointment
chagrin
malaise
worry
dismalness
woefulness
pensiveness
dullness
demoralisation
UK
pain
agony
bitterness
catatonia
dolour
ennui
disconsolation
lugubriousness
lack of confidence
somberness
vexation
mourning
blackness
apathy
the hump
heavy heart
indifference
listlessness
sullenness
boredom
tedium
torture
lack of enthusiasm
tearfulness
upset
dejectedness
anxiety
torment
mopery
bummer
misgiving
downer
letdown
foreboding
weariness
saturninity
resignedness
dysphoria
morbidity
heaviness
mortification
lowness
horror
anhedonia
abasement
abjection
abjectness
heartbreak
heavyheartedness
slough of despond
heaviness of heart
the dumps
the dismals
the mopes
bad attitude
expectation of the worst
chip on one's shoulder
infelicity
negative attitude
inertia
trouble
poignancy
regret
dolefuls
megrim
wistfulness
distraction
dissatisfaction
discontent
desperateness
mope
dourness
sulks
discontentment
grieving
downcastness
uneasiness
displeasure
down trip
mirthlessness
mulligrubs
mubblefubbles
unwillingness
world-weariness
trial
cross
stagnation
stupor
slump
disinterest
sluggishness
lethargy
torpor
inactivity
yawn
lassitude
concern
harassment
discomfort
nervousness
fear
pang
a low
broken-heartedness
broken heart
low-spiritedness
being bummed
blue Johnnies
excruciation
affliction
rue
burden
ordeal
hardship
tribulation
uncooperativeness
contrariness
antagonism
negativeness
suffering
travail
straits
dashed hopes
black mood
discomfiture
cold feet
loss of confidence
dysthymia
megrims
low
qualm
hump
vapors
US
vapours
UK
lugubriosity
troubles
clinical depression
postnatal depression
endogenous depression
one's black dog
reactive depression
more ❯
Verb
▲
To lose or be without hope
despond
falter
flag
quit
surrender
yield
give up
lose hope
lose faith
lose heart
abandon hope
give up hope
have heavy heart
have no hope
resign oneself
resign yourself
be dejected
be demoralized
be despondent
be discouraged
be hopeless
be pessimistic
give in
relinquish hope
be flattened
give up on
plumb the depths
throw in the sponge
throw in the towel
become demoralized
become despondent
look on the black side
lose motivation
see no light at the end of the tunnel
see the glass as half empty
be beaten
sink
stop trying
concede defeat
capitulate
admit defeat
call a halt
break off
end
finish
halt
call off
stop
bring to an end
call it a day
more ❯
“We
despair
for the future of all endangered species in this world.”
Verb
▲
To cause concern or anxiety
worry
bother
distress
disturb
upset
trouble
disquiet
unsettle
perturb
agitate
concern
discompose
harass
plague
torment
vex
alarm
fluster
fret
stress
faze
irk
tax
bedevil
dismay
flurry
fuss
harry
rattle
scare
strain
afflict
aggrieve
ail
annoy
beleaguer
beset
besiege
bug
burden
discomfort
frazzle
hassle
irritate
oppress
throw
badger
distemper
distract
frighten
tease
unhinge
chafe
depress
derail
discombobulate
hagride
importune
needle
persecute
pester
test
torture
try
weigh down
alarum
dun
exercise
goad
hector
make anxious
tantalise
UK
tantalize
US
tear
undo
cause anxiety to
freak out
weird out
get to
gnaw at
be a great weight on
lie heavy on
sweat out
give someone a hard time
weigh heavily on one's mind
do someone's head in
mess with someone's head
unnerve
disconcert
exasperate
provoke
cause disquiet to
perplex
ruffle
agonize
US
aggravate
dishearten
spook
nag
agonise
UK
put off
throw off
psych out
make uneasy
pain
harrow
hound
gall
discomfit
rack
confuse
nettle
ride
confound
haunt
rile
peeve
nark
pique
curse
grieve
burn up
bewilder
embarrass
shake
displease
eat
mortify
bait
hack off
give someone grief
anguish
excruciate
drive up the wall
discountenance
frustrate
hurt
anger
molest
nonplus
discommode
bully
throw off balance
put out
dog
get
sadden
chivvy
pick on
wound
intimidate
miff
devil
grate
mither
be on your back
rasp
wind up
give a hard time
panic
niggle
heckle
gnaw
shake up
chagrin
spite
gripe
cause suffering to
puzzle
abash
outrage
excite
affect
gravel
startle
stir up
offend
take aback
pursue
get at
bum out
frost
tick off
heavy
psych
get on your nerves
crucify
appal
UK
put someone off their stroke
taunt
infuriate
demoralize
US
appall
US
madden
itch
daunt
get across
incense
rankle
disgust
terrorize
US
nudge
demoralise
UK
blight
horrify
deject
prey on
smite
rub up the wrong way
make waves
sting
shock
baffle
work on
terrorise
UK
martyr
inflame
drive round the bend
preoccupy
get in your hair
press
pother
browbeat
flummox
incommode
cow
enrage
sicken
keep after
keep on at
discourage
traumatize
US
weigh heavily on
surprise
rark
work up
rankle with
nag at
dispirit
obsess
derange
overwhelm
bend someone's ear
hack you off
inconvenience
move
hang over
interrupt
victimize
US
terrify
chivy
weigh on
addle
disrupt
injure
assail
crush
prick
wring
traumatise
UK
cause trouble to
disappoint
attack
fuddle
go on at
make uncomfortable
victimise
UK
floor
give a bad time
breathe down someone's neck
be a burden to
astound
bulldoze
chill
eat at
repel
fear
be at
drive round the twist
turn off
cut to the quick
give someone the hump
make someone see red
make someone scratch their head
sweat
stew
bustle
put into a flap
throw into a tizz
put down
set someone back on their heels
possess
pressurize
US
disorient
disarrange
muddle
encumber
abrade
tire
dissatisfy
make wretched
cause anguish to
craze
unman
break
dash
affright
disgruntle
pressurise
UK
make miserable
affront
antagonize
US
dumbfound
mystify
make nervous
catch off balance
ridicule
beat
coerce
egg on
dragoon
dominate
haze
wrong
grate on
turn on
disoblige
overload
harp on at
be a nuisance to
force
drive crazy
drive bananas
pick at
get your back up
prey on someone's mind
cause agony to
put your back up
confront
cause someone to lose their composure
hump
exacerbate
take control of
face
antagonise
UK
tee off
mix up
get on someone's wick
cause to be at a stand
weigh heavily on someone's mind
get on someone's nerves
suffer
rib
chaff
occupy
grip
pressure
fidget
rouse
stress out
hurry
hamper
cavil
rag
unbalance
arouse
overburden
carp
insult
make fretful
hinder
cast down
saddle
disorder
criticize
US
devastate
intrude
buffet
bullyrag
indispose
befuddle
abuse
hustle
stump
petrify
overcome
complicate
mistreat
tangle
bore
entangle
maltreat
humiliate
intrude upon
be a burden on
gibe
wear
stab
bamboozle
henpeck
flip out
shame
interfere
devour
balk
US
make angry
press down on
flap
push buttons
prod
turn
flip
make cross
carp at
overpower
jar
baulk
UK
take over
cause anxiety
make a scene
bite
impose on
handicap
fright
eat away at
examine
be agitated
criticise
UK
quiz
bluster
cause concern to
railroad
be in a tizzy
get on your wick
burn
put out of countenance
jolt
fire up
infest
cause discomfort to
kick
rattle one's cage
blackjack
put the squeeze on
jumble
get someone down
sound
nauseate
get down
thwart
foul up
awe
lead on
fall on
consume
weigh
hunt
drive to distraction
key up
astonish
load
buffalo
jibe at
stun
find fault with
cause anguish
put someone off their stride
deter
get in one's hair
drive mad
niggle at
scarify
cause pain to
disburb
stiff
bleed
be a pain in the neck
be a thorn in someone's side
roil
get under your skin
flirt with
inflict anguish on
exploit
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
be on one's case
give someone the pip
scare to death
chill to the bone
ruffle someone's feathers
put the wind up
get someone's dander up
scare off
get someone's back up
make someone's hackles rise
make someone's blood boil
make blood run cold
strike terror into
get in someone's hair
ride roughshod over
make teeth chatter
get on someone's back
get under someone's skin
scare away
curdle the blood
get up someone's nose
incite
muse
labour
UK
labor
US
squirm
frenzy
stimulate
harm
damage
heat
ferment
unquiet
scorn
flutter
give someone hell
stir
ventilate
quicken
sear
buttonhole
make restless
daze
insist
remind
roust
fester
grind
be in someone's way
touch
macerate
noodge
despoil
foray
amaze
put on edge
nit-pick
strap
push
desolate
make flip
work someone up
bug up
lie heavily on
scar
beleague
tear away at
pall
incapacitate
debilitate
cramp
spur
recur
accost
encroach
obtrude
overcharge
furbelow
frill
breath down someone's neck
insist on
pierce
punish
bone
dizzy
be
mess with
prey on your mind
jerk around
scandalize
US
get someone
lay up
occupy someone's thoughts
expel
exile
disaccord
jangle
disharmonize
discord
aggress
chide
jeer
rend
convulse
cut up
destabilize
US
be unwell
grind at
consternate
rock the boat
cut
give the business
be bothered
bring down
discontent
disaffect
disillusion
paralyse
UK
come back to
arouse anxiety in
be a pest to
send into a spin
throw into tizzy
barrack
boo
catch somebody off balance
catch somebody unawares
dement
down
disorganize
displace
rummage
disarray
question
tweak
run up the wrong way
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
be indisposed
be crook
lash at
disarm
be prey to
be the victim of
get in the way
disenchant
do a number on
make it tough for
unstring
be on someone's back
dash the hopes of
dampen spirits
break one's heart
bring one down
jump on one's case
give one the business
break in
misplease
wing
curdle
zing
revolt
cool
cap
hurt somebody's feelings
put through wringer
single out
stay with
disengage
uncouple
unfasten
separate
unhitch
disconnect
detach
shout down
stupefy
fall upon
get on one's nerves
repulse
slight
destabilise
UK
make blue
drag down
put a damper on
break the heart of
put into a funk
let down
paralyze
US
snafu
be ill
be weak
be sick
feel pain
start in on
strike
disorientate
drive you up the wall
weary
give the needle
visit
take
entice
titillate
lead someone a merry dance
play cat and mouse
rub salt in wound
tatter
erode
fray
scandalise
UK
get the knife into
stick the knife into
hiss
be ever present
prey on one's mind
knock sideways
chasten
be a weight on someone's mind
throw into confusion
get up your nose
T-off
make your blood boil
get your goat
be hurtful to
mourn
cause suffering
cause offense
lambaste
cause sorrow
be a thorn in someone's flesh
get someone's hackles up
try someone's patience
be wrong with
be in pain
feel unwell
bowl over
uncalm
undermine
sap
give a turn
set back
weaken
enfeeble
enervate
be a weight on one's mind
put off his or her stride
worst
make someone laugh on the other side of their face
make self-conscious
make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth
take the wind out of someone's sails
mutilate
brutalize
US
mangle
grill
whip
brutalise
UK
lacerate
maim
martyrize
impale
catch
quibble
screw up
throw into a tizzy
knock for six
give someone a turn
mess up
fill with consternation
put the wind up someone
louse up
muck up
knock props out
dis
play dirty
cheese off
push button
heat up
get your dander up
nitpick
take by surprise
put someone off
dish out
dish it out
give it to
stick it to
throw into uproar
pull the rug out from under
pull the rug from under
throw into disorder
have had enough
make fed up
become bored
make discontented
exhaust someone's patience
try the patience of
grate at
lose patience
lean on
disadvantage
scour
wear down
bemuse
give offence to
make unhappy
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
hurt someone's feelings
threaten
strong-arm
put pressure on
throw a curve
ask for it
drive insane
hit a sour note
bring pressure to bear on
shout at
be in someone's hair
impel
make
impress
rattle someone's cage
hit where one lives
rub the wrong way
put someone's back up
raise someone's hackles
be on the back of
put someone's nose out of joint
throw into panic
tempt
intrigue
beguile
fascinate
lure
allure
menace
cause pain
cause someone distress
be the matter with
thumb nose at
stop someone in their tracks
upset apple cart
send over the edge
fox
take pains
scare witless
scare stiff
be worried
butt in
shout catcalls at
make game of
scrape away
bite into
gnaw away at
rage
wear away
wear to shreds
wear out
weight
labour over
pose
fog
deflate
humble
mau-mau
bogart
get under one's skin
be in a flap
cause someone difficulty
discommodate
meddle
scare the bejesus out of
freeze your blood
fill with fear
oblige
compel
obligate
be in a stew
get worked up
get in a stew
charm
maze
make a big thing out of
make a big thing of
abase
overstretch
overtax
tense
make a meal of
make a mountain out of a molehill
steamroller
give someone goose pimples
give one the creeps
scare someone out of their wits
get the wind up
throw into a fright
throw into a panic
make your blood run cold
scare the living daylights out of
make someone jump out of their skin
make your hair stand on end
make one's flesh creep
chill someone to the marrow
put the fear of God into
scare the pants off
scare someone half to death
give someone the heebie-jeebies
throw into a blue funk
be a problem to
put someone to trouble
make a thing of
befog
wilder
thicken
muddy
involve
hang up
put in a spot
give trouble
make someone go out of his way
make it tough
put on the spot
give someone bother
put to trouble
scold
swagger
muscle
sandbag
steamroll
constrain
stretch
live off
blackmail
plunder
take advantage of
depredate
kill
raid
extort
feed on
fleece
seize
live on
muck
ravel
stumble
get one's comeuppance
take down
belittle
make someone eat humble pie
disgrace
put someone to shame
put to shame
take down a peg
take the wind out
demean
degrade
charge
berate
upbraid
make mouth water
keep hanging on
keep someone hanging on
make someone's mouth water
keep hanging
drive
crunch
overextend
silly
use strong-arm tactics on
push around
mix you up
be all Greek to
absorb
laden
lade
lumber
freight
snarl up
muddy the waters
make one's blood run cold
scare the daylights out of
make one's hair stand on end
yowl
crab
yammer
wail
moan
grump
squawk
inveigh
whimper
bleat
growl
murmur
yaup
croak
keen
yawp
whinge
maunder
beef
grouse
holler
mutter
grumble
kvetch
peck at
complain
squeal
caterwaul
whine
scream
grouch
repine
bellyache
grizzle
suppress
subjugate
engross
engulf
overdo
trammel
subdue
monopolize
US
egg
urge
moan at
grumble at
surround
make tense
tense up
push to the limit
eat up
enthral
UK
repress
tyrannize
US
enslave
moan on at
keep complaining to
obstruct
kid
hegemonize
master
ill-treat
mock
find fault
enthrall
US
monopolise
UK
deride
subject
scourge
josh
dither
joke
take it out on
overrun
jive
razz
cause to feel emotional strain
cause to feel mental strain
put in traction
put on trial
keep down
treat harshly
rally
satirize
US
roast
banter
be cruel to
grind down
bring under the yoke
tyrannise
UK
tyrranize
rule with an iron hand
trample underfoot
weigh heavy upon
hold down
smother
beat down
be brutal to
rule with a rod of iron
trample on
rule over
hold sway over
walk all over
tyrannize over
put screws to
bring someone to their knees
overthrow
trample
despotize
rule
put upon
bring to heel
twit
jostle
encircle
press the panic button
go into a panic
become flustered
be in a dither
be in a state
be in a twitter
get into a state
guy
fun
mob
chiack
slang
shuck
smoke
swarm around
set upon
crowd around
descend on
converge on
crowd round
rot
sledge
impede
cross
spoof
slam
snap
satirise
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laugh at
scoff at
jeer at
make fun of
poke fun at
send up
make jokes about
goof on
rag on
make one's hackles rise
get on someone's case
be sarcastic about
poke mullock at
make sport of
sling off at
take the mickey out of
put on
make a monkey of
have on
flout at
mess around
swipe at
lead somebody on
pull someone's leg
poke borak at
take the piss out of
pull somebody's leg
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To feel or display deep distress
sorrow
agonise
UK
agonize
US
grieve
mourn
weep
anguish
lament
suffer
ache
bleed
hurt
moan
pine
wail
bemoan
bewail
cry
deplore
groan
regret
sob
be sad
feel sad
be despondent
be miserable
be dejected
be wretched
shed tears
be heavy of heart
carry on
cry a river
sing the blues
eat heart out
eat your heart out
be distressed
be in distress
keen
be sorrowful
languish
repine
be mournful
be in anguish
be in pain
weep and wail
be upset
take it hard
eat one's heart out
fret
grieve over
feel wretched
go through the mill
be unhappy
snivel
rue
bear
sigh
yearn
complain
miss
blubber
brood
mope
grieve for
howl
plain
be brokenhearted
wear black
wring hands
long for
pain
weep for
ululate
experience hardship
go through a lot
feel pain
have a bad time
be wounded
be affected
be racked with pain
be racked
endure agony
wail for
weep over
complain about
rain
sing
shed tears for
bawl
feel upset
feel miserable
feel unhappy
feel despondent
wail about
pine for
cry for
kick self
beat one's breast
cry over
sigh over
sorrow for
repent
express regret about
grumble
fret about
sorrow over
express grief
plain over
shed tears over
wail over
moon
express sorrow about
pine away
moan over
express sorrow
keen over
be remorseful
be disappointed
keen for
hate
disapprove
criticize
US
criticise
UK
be sorry
object to
take on
beat one's breast about
cry over spilt milk
UK
cry over spilled milk
US
wear black for
feel sad about
feel grief at
feel sorrow at
pine over
hurt over
anguish over
lament for
ache over
bleed over
be upset about
languish for
regret the loss of
sulk
pout
idle
express woe for
moan about
express sorrow for
wring one's hands over
grump
be gloomy
be down in the mouth
have a long face
lose heart
be apathetic
wear a long face
be in a funk
stew over
sink
hang around
go about like a half-shut knife
sweat over
waste time
be down in the dumps
despond
chafe
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Verb
▲
To think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried
mope
brood
sulk
fret
pine
pout
idle
languish
moon
grieve
grump
repine
be gloomy
ache
be dejected
be despondent
be miserable
be sad
bleed
chafe
despond
grumble
lament
regret
sink
yearn
hang around
be apathetic
eat your heart out
lose heart
pine away
stew over
sweat over
waste time
have a long face
be down in the dumps
be in a funk
eat one's heart out
go about like a half-shut knife
be down in the mouth
wear a long face
feel sorry for yourself
be in a mood
be in a strop
glower
be in a huff
scowl
frown
be sullen
be moody
look sullen
sorrow
be unhappy
feel unhappy
be upset
feel miserable
feel despondent
feel upset
agonize
US
mourn
suffer
bemoan
rue
lour
moon about
grouse
lower
gloom
be resentful
be grumpy
be out of sorts
moon around
gripe
agonise
UK
daydream
grouch
pucker
look petulant
look sulky
grimace
weep over
languish for
regret the loss of
cry over
grieve over
shed tears for
fret about
harbour a grudge
be miffed
pull a face
have the hump
be morose
be out of humour
be silent
take on
be put out
be in a bad mood
make a moue
be petulant
be cross
mop and mow
swoon
dream
romanticize
US
fantasize
US
rhapsodize
US
gush
pull a long face
stick one's lip out
make a long face
turn down the corners of your mouth
be in bad mood
purse your lips
turn the corners of one's mouth down
rhapsodise
UK
romanticise
UK
fantasise
UK
be in a reverie
be in a brown study
wince
contort
make a face
glare
deform
misshape
look daggers
give a dirty look
give someone a death stare
twist
quirk
screw up
glout
glunch
contortion
look stern
cloud up
give the evil eye
knit your brow
do a slow burn
knit your brows
give someone dirty looks
knit brows
furrow one's brows
disapprove
look daggers at
sneer
look angrily at
mug
mouth
gurn
distort
smirk
make faces
make a wry face
screw up one's face
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Verb
▲
Admit defeat
give in
submit
surrender
yield
bow
capitulate
concede
quit
succumb
blink
budge
relent
acquiesce
cave in
concede defeat
knuckle under
climb down
give way
abandon
cease
cede
collapse
comply
defer
deliver
desist
drop
fold
forswear
lose
present
proffer
relinquish
resign
stop
tender
waive
admit defeat
back down
bail out
bow out
buckle under
chicken out
cry uncle
cut out
give up
hand in
hand over
leave off
pull out
throw in the sponge
throw in the towel
accede
assent
agree
fall
accept
raise the white flag
backpedal
show the white flag
pack it in
bend
be beaten
concur
lay down your arms
buckle
say uncle
approve
come round
break
accept defeat
crumble
be overcome
go along with
eat humble pie
comply with
call it quits
consent
withdraw
do a U-turn
go down
retreat
fall victim
conform
crumple
go under
lay down arms
do an about-turn
give
wave the white flag
kowtow
agree to
acquiesce in
give up the struggle
give in to
soften
call it a day
chuck in
backtrack
back out
allow
let go
fall apart
back off
make concessions
be overwhelmed
knuckle
come apart
break down
eat crow
roll over
respect
adapt
toss it in
permit
put up white flag
subscribe
cave
okay
abide by
change your mind
fall to pieces
lay down one's arms
be overwhelmed by
concur with
resign yourself
obey
consent to
be overcome by
be conquered by
conform to
weaken
melt
reconsider
suffer defeat
be defeated
indulge
crack
admit
recant
become lenient
show mercy
observe
sanction
retract
truckle
give yourself up
endorse
take back
give ground
be conquered
topple
bless
suffer
admit you were wrong
hoist the white flag
act in accordance with
cooperate with
founder
row back
do an about-face
fall in
adjust
embrace
go
give the green light to
bow to
fall apart at the seams
eat your words
give the thumbs up to
accommodate
say the word
say yes to
assent to
cut a deal
come to terms
abdicate
yield to
turn in
implode
OK
accede to
accord
disintegrate
give the nod
heed
shake on
break apart
buy
give the go-ahead to
cringe
yes
ditto
go to pieces
lay down
submit to
toe the line
throw in your hand
tumble
be beaten by
play ball
pay homage
lose heart
stop trying
fall in line
vail
chuck it in
change
compromise
adhere
be submissive
resign oneself
bend the knee
humble oneself
surrender to
show white flag
give up hope
break off
halt
abandon hope
finish
call a halt
end
call off
give oneself over
fold up
cry quits
turn over
bow to someone
bow to something
give away the store
throw up one's hands
throw up the sponge
be servile
eat one's words
concede to
let
give permission for
say yes
sign off on
make a deal
subdue
subjugate
genuflect
sing a different song
have second thoughts
admit that one is wrong
retract one's words
bring to an end
give out
fall down
come down
slump
go out
topple over
subside
settle
shatter
sag
wilt
return
offer back
give back
break up
sever
come apart at the seams
do a volte-face
flip-flop
change one's attitude
change one's plans
about-face
change your decision
retrocede
turn back
double back
hesitate
vacillate
waver
renege
ratify
authorize
US
give one's permission
warrant
give one's stamp of approval to
pass
pass on
concur in
rubber-stamp
back
authorise
UK
grant
recognise
UK
give five
give one's leave
license
UK
mandate
recognize
US
adopt
espouse
validate
confirm
subscribe to
support
give the OK to
licence
US
ease off
ease up
give oneself up
cancel
balk
US
demur
cop out
recoil
fink out
lie down
pass into enemy hands
be destroyed by
be a casualty to
be smitten by
be overthrown
be vanquished by
be overthrown by
fall victim to
be defeated by
lose one's position to
be taken by
pass into the hands of
eat dirt
leave
entrust
consign
forego
honor
US
honour
UK
follow
play dead
wimp out
baulk
UK
beg off
go back on
back pedal
pull back
hold back
knuckleunder
fawn
be deferential
agree with
touch
unbend
mind
mollify
relax
disarm
sink
adhere to
keep
have no fight left
withdraw from agreement or statement
affect
forgive
move
be the loser
come off second-best
be bested by
fail
take orders
hold to
answer
do as you are told
do as one says
fulfill
US
do what is expected
come to heel
serve
act upon
do one's bidding
play it by the book
fulfil
UK
respond
goose-step to
get into line
do what one is told
keep to
play second fiddle
live by
do one's duty
hold fast
stick to
be ruled by
get in line
be loyal to
forbear
tumble down
tolerate
have mercy
sympathise
UK
have pity
become merciful
slow
give quarter
show pity
sympathize
US
be vanquished
be trounced
lose out
keel
brook
bow down
cast before
prostrate
kneel
grovel
abase
fall at feet
give one's blessing to
give one's approval to
roll over and play dead
accept tacitly
reconcile
jibe
go along
stand by
give the nod to
give one's consent to
let pass
give one's assent to
agree to something
allow something
be merciful
admit something
concede something
come around
cool it
lighten up
die away
mellow out
let happen
lay back
come a cropper
drop a bundle
get the worst
take a licking
have the worst
come up short
be worsted
crash out
take a beating
be humbled
come to grief
default
be taken to cleaners
meet one's Waterloo
be outdistanced
fall short
let it happen
change one's mind
go easy on
give some slack
ease up on
take a softer line
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