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bliss
perfect happiness
blissful
very happy
blithe
merry; joyous
heedless
buoy
keep afloat; raise the spirits of; encourage
buoyant
cheerful
able 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; austere
person 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
homesickness
yearning 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 blood
severe; stern
causing contraction
benign
not dangerous (ant. malignant)
gentle; kindly
convalesce
recover health after illness; recuperate
convalescent
person recovering from sickness