| Term | Definition |
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bemoan |
to lament |
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contrite |
feeling remorse or sorrow |
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doleful |
very sad |
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elegiac |
sad; mournful |
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elegy |
a poem of lament for the dead |
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lamentation |
an expression of grief |
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lugubrious |
extremely mournful for past sins |
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penitent |
feeling sorrow for past sins |
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plaintive |
sad |
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somber |
serious and sad |
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woe |
sorrow; misery |
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baleful |
deadly; harmful |
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baneful |
poisonous; harmful |
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deleterious |
harmful; |
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noxious |
harmful to healty or morals; injurious |
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odious |
disgusting; offensive; hateful |
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pernicious |
ruinous; injurious; hurtful |
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virulent |
extremely poisonous; intensely irritating |