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What is the opposite of lightheartedness?

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Noun
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Opposite of the state or fact of being cheerful or in high spirits
anxiety
depression
gloom
heavyheartedness
seriousness
sadness
unhappiness
sorrow
discouragement
work
dullness
misery
melancholy
woe
sobersidedness
soberness
earnestness
despair
pain
distress
pessimism
despondency
lugubriousness
blues
displeasure
discontent
worry
need
want
lack
upset
trouble
dissatisfaction
negativity
dejection
despondence
cheerlessness
melancholia
disconsolateness
dispiritedness
glumness
dreariness
woefulness
sorrowfulness
hopelessness
miserableness
joylessness
desolation
anguish
forlornness
gloominess
foreboding
moroseness
pensiveness
heaviness
downheartedness
solemnity
Noun
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Opposite of the quality of being amusing or having good humor
gravity
seriousness
earnestness
solemnity
soberness
solemnness
wiseness
sensibility
work
understanding
sadness
Noun
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Opposite of a freedom from constraint or inhibition
constraint
restraint
discipline
inhibition
willpower
control
will
moderation
discretion
abstemiousness
refrainment
temperateness
self-control
self-discipline
self-command
self-possession
self-restraint
non-indulgence
Noun
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Opposite of happiness, ebullience, or having a zest for life
depression
sobriety
lethargy
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