Synonyms of dejection

dejection

noun

as in sadness

a state or spell of low spirits

I find that ice cream often works wonders when trying to overcome dejection

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sadness
• depression
• melancholy
• sorrowfulness
• sorrow
• mournfulness
• anguish
• grief
• gloom
• unhappiness
• misery
• despair
• agony
• gloominess
• oppression
• desperation
• joylessness
• despondency
• glumness
• forlornness
• despondence
• heartsickness
• dreariness
• blues
• pain
• dumps
• mourning
• miserableness
• desolation
• downheartedness
• boredom
• mopes
• despond
• distress
• blue devils
• doldrums
• regret
• self-pity
• melancholia
• discouragement
• disconsolateness
• hopelessness
• dispiritedness
• somberness
• wretchedness
• dolefulness
• woe
• disheartenment
• dolor
• ennui
• moroseness
• moodiness
• tedium
• morbidness
• drear
• woefulness
• self-despair
• rue
• morosity
• dismalness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joy
• elation
• exultation
• ecstasy
• happiness
• euphoria
• jubilation
• intoxication
• exuberance
• exhilaration
• bliss
• joyousness
• rapture
• gladness
• joyfulness
• mirth
• heaven
• glee
• gayety
• felicity
• merriment
• gaiety
• optimism
• joviality
• humor
• jollity
• cheerfulness
• lightheartedness
• hopefulness
• blissfulness
• gayness
• satisfaction
• contentment
• cheer
• cheeriness
• mirthfulness
• elatedness
• content
• gleefulness
• rapturousness
• gladsomeness
• contentedness
• gratification
• delight
• sunniness