Feeling words when needs are not met Flashcards
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aggravated
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- To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.
- (by extension) To make worse; to exacerbate.
- To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.
For Example: He aggravated the story. - To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone.
- To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.
- Having been the subject of aggravation; frustrated and angry.
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agitated
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- To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
For Example: He was greatly agitated by the news. - To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake.
For Example: the wind agitates the sea - To set in motion; to actuate.
- To discuss or debate.
- To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to consider, to devise.
For Example: politicians agitate desperate designs - Angry, annoyed, bothered or worked up.
- (of a solution or substance) Violently and chaotically moving around, such as because of being shaken.
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alarmed
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- To call to arms for defense
- To give (someone) notice of approaching danger
- To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
- To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
- To keep in excitement; to disturb.
- Having an alarm fitted.
For Example: This door is alarmed. - Worried; anxious; panicky.
For Example: I’m extremely alarmed about the army outside my house.
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aloof
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- Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.
- At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
- Without sympathy; unfavorably.
- Away from; clear of.
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angry
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- Displaying or feeling anger.
For Example: An angry mob started looting the warehouse. - (said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful.
For Example: The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm. - (said about the elements, like the sky or the sea) Dark and stormy, menacing.
For Example: Angry clouds raced across the sky.
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anguished
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- To suffer pain.
- To cause to suffer pain.
- Feeling anguish; experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.
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annoyed
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- To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
For Example: Marc loved his sister, but when she annoyed him he wanted to switch her off. - To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
- To molest; to harm; to injure.
For Example: to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade - Troubled, irritated by something unwanted or unliked (an annoyance); vexed.
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anxious
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- Nervous and worried.
- Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.
For Example: I could tell she was anxious as she was biting her nails. - (of things) Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.
For Example: There was an anxious wait before the results were revealed. - Earnestly desirous.
For Example: All the voters were anxious to hear the election result.
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apathetic
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- Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion
- Of, or pertaining to apatheism.
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apprehensive
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- Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
- Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one’s intellect.
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aroused
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- To stimulate feelings.
For Example: The new building proposals in the village are arousing unneeded discomfort. - To sexually stimulate.
For Example: I can’t keep my eyes off the dancer; she arouses me greatly. - To wake from sleep or stupor.
For Example: 1996, Beruga (line translated by Dan Owsen), Terranigma. Nintendo of America.
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ashamed
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- To feel shame; to be ashamed.
- To make ashamed; to shame.
- Feeling shame or guilt.
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beat
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- A stroke; a blow.
- A pulsation or throb.
For Example: a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse - A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
- A rhythm.
- The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
- (authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect; a plot point or story development.
- The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
- (by extension) An area of a person’s responsibility, especially
- An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop.
- That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.
For Example: the beat of him - A precinct.
- A place of habitual or frequent resort.
- A low cheat or swindler.
For Example: a dead beat - The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
- The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
- A smart tap on the adversary’s blade.
- To hit; strike
For Example: As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled. - To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
For Example: He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque. - To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
- To move with pulsation or throbbing.
- To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.
For Example: I just can’t seem to beat the last level of this video game. - To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
- To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
For Example: Beat the eggs and whip the cream. - (In haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price
For Example: He wanted $50 for it, but I managed to beat him down to $35. - To indicate by beating or drumming.
For Example: to beat a retreat; to beat to quarters - To tread, as a path.
- To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
- To be in agitation or doubt.
- To make a sound when struck.
For Example: The drums beat. - To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
For Example: The drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters. - To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
- To arrive at a place before someone.
For Example: He beat me there. - To have sexual intercourse.
For Example: Bruv, she came in just as we started to beat. - To rob.
For Example: He beat me out of 12 bucks last night. - Exhausted
For Example: After the long day, she was feeling completely beat. - Dilapidated, beat up
For Example: Dude, you drive a beat car like that and you ain’t gonna get no honeys. - Fabulous
For Example: Her makeup was beat! - Boring
- (of a person) ugly
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bewildered
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- To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices.
For Example: All the different possible options may bewilder us. - Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain.
For Example: He was just standing there, turning this way and that, with a bewildered look on his face.
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bitter
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- (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
- A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
- A turn of a cable about the bitts.
- To make bitter.
- Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
For Example: The coffee tasted bitter. - Harsh, piercing or stinging.
- Hateful or hostile.
For Example: They’re bitter enemies. - Cynical and resentful.
For Example: I’ve been bitter ever since that defeat.
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blah
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- Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.
- (in plural, the blahs) A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, etc.
- To utter idle, meaningless talk.
- Dull; uninteresting; insipid.
For Example: Well, the new restaurant seems nice, but their menu is a little blah. - Low in spirit or health; down.
For Example: I decided to go exercise rather than sit around all day feeling blah. - An expression of mild frustration.
For Example: Blah! Why can’t I get this computer to work! - (When spoken repeatedly, often three times in succession: blah blah blah!) Imitative of idle, meaningless talk; used sometimes in a slightly derogatory manner to mock or downplay another’s words, or to show disinterest in a diatribe, rant, instructions, unsolicited advice, parenting, etc. Also used when recalling and retelling another’s words, as a substitute for the portions of the speech deemed irrelevant.
For Example: And then he was like, “Oh, my brother’s an Internet millionaire, blah blah blah.” Like I care! - Representing the sound of vomiting.
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brokenhearted
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- Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.
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chagrined
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- To bother or vex; to mortify.
- To be vexed or annoyed.
- Feeling chagrin (at something); vexed; fretful.
For Example: She was chagrined to note that the paint had dried into a blotchy mess.
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cold
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- (of a thing) Having a low temperature.
For Example: A cold wind whistled through the trees. - (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.
For Example: The forecast is that it will be very cold today. - (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
For Example: She was so cold she was shivering. - Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.
For Example: She shot me a cold glance before turning her back. - Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.
For Example: He’s a nice guy, but the cold facts say we should fire him. - Completely unprepared; without introduction.
For Example: He was assigned cold calls for the first three months. - Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
For Example: After one more beer he passed out cold. - (usually with “have” or “know” transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.
For Example: Keep that list in front of you, or memorize it cold. - (usually with “have” transitively) Cornered, done for.
For Example: Criminal interrogation. Initially they will dream up explanations faster than you could ever do so, but when they become fatigued, often they will acknowledge that you have them cold. - Not pungent or acrid.
- Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.
- Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.
For Example: a cold scent - Not sensitive; not acute.
- Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.
For Example: You’re cold ‚Ķ getting warmer ‚Ķ hot! You’ve found it! - Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.
- Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.
- Without compassion; heartless; ruthless
For Example: I can’t believe she said that…that was cold!
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concerned
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- To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
- To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
For Example: A good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects. - To make somebody worried.
For Example: I’m concerned that she’s becoming an alcoholic. - Showing concern.
For Example: There was a concerned expression on her face as I told her the news. - Involved or responsible.
For Example: The people concerned have been punished.
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cool
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- A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
For Example: in the cool of the morning - A calm temperament.
- The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
- Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
- Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
For Example: Linen has made cool and breathable clothing for millennia. - Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
For Example: If you have a reddish complexion, you should mainly wear cool colors. - Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
- Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
For Example: His proposals had a cool reception. - Calmly audacious.
For Example: In control as always, he came up with a cool plan. - Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
- Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
- In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
- Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
For Example: Is it cool if I sleep here tonight? - Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.
For Example: I’m completely cool with my girlfriend leaving me. - Quietly impudent, defiant, or selfish; deliberately presuming: said of persons and acts.
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cross
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- A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
For Example: Put a cross for a wrong answer and a tick for a right one. - Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.
- A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).
For Example: Criminals were commonly executed on a wooden cross. - (usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
- A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
For Example: She made the cross after swearing. - A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion.
For Example: She was wearing a cross on her necklace. - (figurative, from Christ’s bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
For Example: It’s a cross I must bear. - The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
For Example: A quick cross of the road. - An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
- (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
- A hook thrown over the opponent’s punch.
- A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
- A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
- A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
- A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.
- Church lands.
- A line drawn across or through another line.
- An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
- A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
- (Rubik’s Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
- The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
- Crossfire.
- To make or form a cross.
- To move relatively.
- (social) To oppose.
- To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
For Example: They managed to cross a sheep with a goat. - To stamp or mark (a cheque) in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.
- Transverse; lying across the main direction.
For Example: At the end of each row were cross benches which linked the rows. - Opposite, opposed to.
For Example: His actions were perversely cross to his own happiness. - Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
- Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
For Example: Please don’t get cross at me. (or) Please don’t get cross with me. - Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
For Example: cross interrogatories - Across
For Example: She walked cross the mountains. - Cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
For Example: The Lorentz force is q times v cross B.
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dejected
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- Make sad or dispirited.
- To cast down.
- Sad and dispirited.
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depressed
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- To press down.
For Example: Depress the upper lever to start the machine. - To make depressed, sad or bored.
For Example: Winter depresses me. - To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
For Example: Lower productivity will eventually depress wages. - To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
- To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
- Unhappy; despondent
- Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.
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despairing
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- To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
- To cause to despair.
- (often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
- A mood or display of despair.
- Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
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despondent
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- In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
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detached
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- To take apart from; to take off.
For Example: to detach the tag from a newly purchased garment - To separate for a special object or use.
For Example: to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment - To come off something.
For Example: Now that the zipper has detached, my winter coat won’t keep me very warm. - Not physically attached; separated from something it could connect to.
- Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.
- Having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested.
- Not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial.
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disaffected
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- To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty in; to alienate or estrange.
- Alienated or estranged, often with hostile effect; rebellious, resentful; disloyal.
- Affected with disease.
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disappointed
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- To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for.
For Example: His lack of respect disappointed her. - To deprive (someone of something expected or hoped for).
- To fail to meet (an expectation); to fail to fulfil (a hope).
- To show (an opinion, belief, etc.) to be mistaken.
- To prevent (something planned or attempted).
- Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.
For Example: After all his anticipation, the trip left him deeply disappointed. - Expressing or indicating disappointment.
For Example: a disappointed tone / face / silence
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discouraged
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- To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
For Example: Don’t be discouraged by the amount of work left to do: you’ll finish it in good time. - To persuade somebody not to do (something).
- Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.
- Unrecommended; unprescribed.
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disenchanted
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- (of a person) To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion.
- (of a person) To disappoint.
- (of a thing) To remove a spell or magic enchantment from.
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disgruntled
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- To make discontent or cross; to put in a bad temper.
- Unhappy; dissatisfied
- Frustrated.
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disgusted
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- To cause an intense dislike for something.
For Example: It disgusts me to see her chew with her mouth open. - Filled with disgust
For Example: The sight of the squirming mass of maggots left me disgusted. - Irritated and out of patience
For Example: I’m disgusted with her egocentric behaviour.
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disheartened
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- To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.
- Discouraged, despairing.
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dismayed
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- To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy
- To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
- To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
- Having the emotion of dismay.
For Example: He was dismayed to find his car had gone.
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displeased
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- To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly.
For Example: I felt displeased with the boy. - To give displeasure or offense.
- To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
- Not pleased or happy with something.
For Example: a displeased customer
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disquieted
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- To make (someone or something) worried or anxious.
For Example: He felt disquieted by the lack of interest the child had shown.
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distressed
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- To cause strain or anxiety to someone.
- To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain.
- To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age.
For Example: She distressed the new media cabinet so that it fit with the other furniture in the room. - Anxious or uneasy
For Example: I’m distressed that John hasn’t answered my calls. I hope nothing bad happened to him on the way here. - (of merchandise, etc.) damaged
- (of a property) offered for sale after foreclosure
- (of furniture, etc.) faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique
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disturbed
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- To confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
For Example: A school of fish disturbed the water. - To divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.
For Example: A mudslide disturbed the course of the river. - To have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.
For Example: A disturbing film that tries to explore the mind of a serial killer. - Showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis.
- Extremely alarmed; shocked.
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downcast
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- A cast from supertype to subtype.
- A melancholy look.
- A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
- To cast or throw down; to turn downward.
- To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
- To cast from supertype to subtype.
- (of eyes) Looking downwards.
- (of a person) Feeling despondent.
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downhearted
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- Sad, discouraged, in low spirits, unhappy, having no hope
For Example: Fans must not be downhearted even though we lost.
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dull
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- To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
For Example: Years of misuse have dulled the tools. - To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
For Example: He drinks to dull the pain. - To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
For Example: A razor will dull with use. - To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
- Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
For Example: All these knives are dull. - Boring; not exciting or interesting.
For Example: He sat through the dull lecture and barely stayed awake. - Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
For Example: Choose a dull finish to hide fingerprints. - Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
- Sluggish, listless.
- Cloudy, overcast.
For Example: It’s a dull day. - Insensible; unfeeling.
- Heavy; lifeless; inert.
- (of pain etc) Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
For Example: Pressing on the bruise produces a dull pain. - (of a noise or sound) Not clear, muffled.
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edgy
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- Nervous, apprehensive.
- (entertainment) Creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge.
- (entertainment) On the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; risqué.
- Irritable.
For Example: an edgy temper - Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
- (of a knife or blade) Sharp.
- Cool by virtue of being tough, dark, or badass.
- Exhibiting behavior that is disconcerting or alarming, sometimes in an effort to impress or to troll others.
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embarrassed
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- To humiliate; to disrupt somebody’s composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash
For Example: The crowd’s laughter and jeers embarrassed him. - To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
For Example: The motion was advanced in order to embarrass the progress of the bill. - To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.
For Example: A man or his business is embarrassed when he cannot meet his pecuniary engagements. - Having a feeling of shameful discomfort.
For Example: After returning from the pool, Aleshia felt significantly better, though she was still slightly embarrassed. - Impeded; obstructed.
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embittered
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- To cause to be bitter.
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exasperated
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- To tax the patience of, irk, frustrate, vex, provoke, annoy; to make angry.
- Having one’s patience greatly taxed; greatly annoyed; made furious.
- Made worse or more intense.
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exhausted
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- To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely
For Example: Moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation. - To empty by drawing or letting out the contents
For Example: to exhaust a treasury - To drain; to use up or expend wholly, or until the supply comes to an end
For Example: I exhausted my strength walking up the hill. - To tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy
For Example: The marathon exhausted me. - To bring out or develop completely
- To discuss thoroughly or completely
For Example: That subject has already been fully exhausted. - To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives
For Example: to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether - Very tired; in a state of exhaustion.
For Example: The exhausted man fell asleep immediately. - Depleted of resources.
For Example: The exhausted mine was worthless once all the ore had been extracted.
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fatigued
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- To tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion
- To wilt a salad by dressing or tossing it
- To lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted
- (of a material specimen) to undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue.
- Tired; weary.
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fearful
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- Frightening.
- Tending to fear; timid.
For Example: a fearful boy - Terrible; shockingly bad.
- Frightened; filled with terror.
- Extremely; fearfully.
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forlorn
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- To abandon, forsake.
- A forlorn hope.
- A member of a forlorn hope.
- Abandoned, deserted, left behind.
- Miserable, as when lonely after being abandoned.
- Unlikely to succeed; hopeless.
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frightened
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- To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
For Example: Avery puts a sheet over her head, pretending to be a ghost to frighten Emily. - Afraid; suffering from fear.
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frustrated
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- To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
For Example: It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all. - To hinder or thwart.
For Example: My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts. - To cause stress or annoyance.
For Example: This test frustrates me because if I fail, it’ll destroy my grade. - Foiled, stopped, disappointed.
- Suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent because one is unable to perform an action or fulfill a desire.