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blissful

very happy

blithe

merry; joyousheedless

buoy

keep afloat; raise the spirits of; encourage

buoyant

cheerfulable to float

complacency

self-satisfaction; smugness

complacent

too pleased with oneself--often without awareness of possible dangers or defects; self-satisfied; smug

convivial

fond of eating and drinking with friends; sociable

conviviality

sociability

delectable

very pleasing; delightful

ecstasy

state of overwhelming joy; rapture

ecstatic

in ecstasy; enraptured

elated

in high spirits; joyful

elation

state of being elated; euphoria

frolic

play and run about happily; have fun; romp

frolicsome

full of merriment; playful

gala

characterized by festivity

jocund

merry; cheerful; lighthearted

jubliant

showing great joy; rejoicing; exultant

jubilation

rejoicing; exultation

ascetic

shunning pleasures; self-denying; austereperson who shuns pleasures and lives simply

chagrin

embarrassment; mortification; disappointment

chagrined

ashamed; mortified

compunction

regret; remorse; misgiving; qualm; scruple

contrite

showing deep regret and sorrow for wrongdoing; deeply penitent; repentant; remorseful

contrition

repentance; remorse; penitence

dejected

sad; in low spirits; depressed; downcast

dejection

lowness of spirits; sadness; depression

disconsolate

cheerless; inconsolable

disgruntled

in bad humor; displeased; discontented

doleful

causing grief or sadness; mournful; dolorous; lugubrious

glum

moody; gloomy; dour

lament

mourn; deplore

lamentable

pitiable; rueful

maudlin

weakly sentimental and tearful

nostalgia

homesicknessyearning for the past

nostalgic

homesick

pathetic

arousing pity

pathos

quality in events or in art (literature, music, etc.) that arouses our pity

pensive

thoughtful in a sad way; melancholy

plight

unfortunate state; predicament

poignant

painfully touching; piercing

sullen

resentfully silent; glum; morose; gloomy

throes

anguish; pangs

tribulation

suffering; distress

burly

strongly and heavily built; husky

buxom

plump and attractive

cherubic

chubby and innocent-looking; like a cherub (angel in the form of a child)

obese

extremely overweight; corpulent; portly (ant. skinny)

obesity

excessive body weight; corpulence

pudgy

short and plump; chubby

attenuate

make thin; weaken

emaciated

made unnaturally thin; abnormally lean because of starvation or illness

haggard

careworn; gaunt

lank

lean; ungracefully tall; lanky (ant. burly)

svelte

slender; lithe

adulation

excessive praise; flattery

blandishment

word or deed of mild flattery; allurement; enticement

cajole

persuade by pleasant words; wheedle; coax

cajolery

persuasion by flattery; wheedling; coaxing

curry/favor

seek to gain favor by flattery

fulsome

offensive because of insincerity; repulsive; disgusting

ingratiate

work (oneself) into favor

lackey

follower who carries out another's wishes like a servant; toady

obsequious

showing excessive willingness to serve; subservient; fawning

sycophant

parasitic flatterer; truckler

truckle

submit in a subservient manner to a superior; fawn; make a doormat of oneself

apiary

place where bees are kept

aviary

place where birds are kept

badger

tease; annoy; nag (originally to harass a trapped badger)

halcyon

calm; peaceful (from a bird thought to calm the waves)

lionize

treat as highly important

menagerie

place where animals are kept and trained; collection of wild animals

molt

shed feathers, skin, hair, etc.

ornithology

study of birds

parasite

animal, plant, or person living on others; freeloader

parasitic

living at the expense of another; sponging

parrot

repeat mechanically, like a parrot (tropical bird that imitates human speech)

scavenger

animal or person removing refuse, decay, etc.

antidote

remedy for a poison or evil

astringent

substance that shrinks tissues and checks flow of bloodsevere; sterncausing contraction

benign

not dangerous (ant. malignant)gentle; kindly

convalesce

recover health after illness; recuperate

convalescent

person recovering from sickness

fester

form pus; rankle; rot; putrefy

hypochondriac

one who is morbidly anxious about personal health, or suffering from imagined illness

immunity

resistance (to a disease)freedom (as from an obligation); exemption

immunize

make immune (e.g., resistant to a disease)

lesion

injury; hurt

malignant

threatening to cause deathvery evil

morbid

gruesomehaving to do with disease

pestilential

morally harmfulpertaining to a plague; deadly

regimen

set of rules, esp. to improve health

salubrious

healthful

sebaceous

greasy; secreting sebum (fatty matter secreted by the glands of the skin)

therapeutic

curative

toxic

poisonous

unguent

salve; ointment

viral

caused by a virus

virulent

extremely poisonous; deadly; venomousvery bitter

virus

disease-causing substance too small to be seen through a microscopecorruptive force