Infestivity

Infestivity
Infestivity In`fes*tiv"i*ty, n. Lack of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth; dullness; cheerlessness. [R.] [1913 Webster]

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  • infestivity — in·festivity …   English syllables

  • infestivity — ˌin+ noun Etymology: in (I) + festivity : lack of festivity : mirthlessness, dullness …   Useful english dictionary

  • Dejection — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dejection >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dejection dejection Sgm: N 1 dejectedness dejectedness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 depression depression prosternation| Sgm: N 1 lowness of spirits lowness of spirits depression of… …   English dictionary for students

  • Dullness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dullness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dullness dullness heaviness flatness Sgm: N 1 infestivity infestivity &c. 837 stupidity &c. 499 Sgm: N 1 want of originality want of originality Sgm: N 1 dearth of ideas …   English dictionary for students

  • discontent — Synonyms and related words: aggravation, anger, angst, anguish, annoyance, anxiety, asperity, bad humor, bad temper, ban, be tedious, bile, biliousness, blackball, blackballing, bore, boredom, causticity, cheerlessness, choler, complaint,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • displeasure — Synonyms and related words: aggravation, anger, angst, anguish, annoyance, anxiety, aversion, bad books, ban, blackball, blackballing, boredom, chagrin, cheerlessness, complaint, dim view, disaffection, disaffinity, disagreeability,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • infelicity — Synonyms and related words: Gothicism, abnormality, aching heart, agony, agony of mind, anguish, anomaly, antiphrasis, bad taste, bale, barbarism, barbarousness, bitterness, bleeding heart, bombasticness, broken heart, cacology, cacophony,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • joylessness — Synonyms and related words: angst, anguish, anxiety, bitterness, bleakness, boredom, cheerlessness, comfortlessness, depression, discomfort, discomposure, discontent, dislike, dismalness, displeasure, disquiet, dissatisfaction, distress,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • misery — Synonyms and related words: Cassandra, Schmerz, ache, aches and pains, aching heart, adversity, affliction, agony, agony of mind, angst, anguish, anxiety, bale, bitterness, bleeding heart, broken heart, burden, calamity, care, carking care,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • unhappiness — Synonyms and related words: Faustianism, angst, anguish, anxiety, ban, blackball, blackballing, blues, boredom, cheerlessness, cold comfort, complaint, dejection, depression, dim view, disagreement, disappointment, disapprobation, disapproval,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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