| A | B |
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| ascetic | adj. shunning pleasures; self-denying; austere |
| ascetic | n. person who shuns pleasures and lives simply |
| chagrin | n. embarrassment; mortification; disappointment |
| chagrined | adj. ashamed; mortified |
| compunction | n. regret; remorse; misgiving; qualm; scruple |
| contrite | adj. showing deep regret and sorrow for wrongdoing |
| contrition | n. repentance; remorse; penitence |
| dejected | adj. sad; in low spirites; depressed |
| dejection | n. lowness of spirits; sadness |
| disconsolate | adj. cheerless; inconsolable |
| disgruntled | adj. in bad humor; displeased |
| doleful | adj. causing grief or sadness; mournful; dolorous; lugubrious |
| glum | adj. moody; gloomy; dour |
| lament | v. mourn; deplore |
| lamentable | adj. pitiable; rueful |
| maudlin | adj. weakly sentimental and tearful |
| nostalgia | n. 1) homesickness (2) yearning for the past |
| nostalgic | adj. homesick |
| pathetic | adj. arousing pity |
| pathos | n. quality in events or in art (literature, music, etc.) that arouses pity |
| pensive | adj. thoughtful in a sad way; melancholy |
| plight | n. unfortunate state or predicament |
| poignant | adj. painfully touching |
| sullen | adj. resentfully silent; glum; morose; gloomy |
| throes | n. pl. anguish; pangs |
| tribulation | n. suffering; distress |
