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What is a word for receiving bad news?

What is a word for receiving bad news?

unpleasant, disagreeable, unwelcome, unfortunate, unfavourable, unlucky, adverse, nasty. terrible, dreadful, awful, grim, distressing, regrettable.

What is Epicaricacy?

EPICARICACY, noun: Deriving pleasure from the misfortunes of others. USAGE: When the boastful braggart was defenestrated by his club, my epicaricacy knew no bounds.

What is a disquietude mean?

Definition of disquietude : anxiety, agitation. Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Learn More About disquietude.

How do you say bad news in formal?

Other Ways to Say BAD NEWS!

  1. We are in deep trouble.
  2. We are in a bind.
  3. We have gotten ourselves into hot water.
  4. I am in dire straits now.
  5. I have some disappointing news for you.
  6. We have a predicament/problem.
  7. Now we’re in a mess.
  8. What a nuisance!

What is the synonym of devastating?

destructive, ruinous, disastrous, catastrophic, calamitous, cataclysmic. pernicious, noxious, harmful, damaging, injurious, hurtful, wounding, violent, detrimental, deleterious, disadvantageous, ravaging, crippling, savage, fierce, brutal, dangerous, fatal, deadly, lethal, death-dealing.

What does Ghoulishness mean?

2 : relating to, dealing with, or morbidly delighting in things considered shocking or gruesome ghoulish thoughts ghoulish humor … the grieving family asked for his help in a rather ghoulish affair.— Behn Cervantes …

Is Vellichor a real word?

Learning a new word makes me happy. Vellichor is one such word, and Koenig’s site has hundreds of others, such as zenosyne (the sense that time keeps going faster), liberosis (the desire to care less about things), and sonder (the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own).

What is another word for feeling uneasy?

What is another word for uneasy?

anxious nervous
troubled uptight
jumpy upset
agitated nervy
perturbed apprehensive

What is uneasy feeling?

Uneasy describes an uncomfortable feeling. You might feel socially uneasy when dining with your girlfriend’s parents if they don’t like you very much. Your stomach may also feel uneasy at that same dinner and gurgle in an embarrassing way. The adjective uneasy has many shades of meaning, most involving mild discomfort.

What is a stupefaction?

noun. the state of being stupefied; stupor. overwhelming amazement.

What does prosaically mean?

prosaic • \proh-ZAY-ik\ • adjective. 1 : characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual 2 : dull, unimaginative 3 : everyday, ordinary.

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