dejected: adjective
downhearted, crestfallen, depressed,
despondent, disconsolate, disheartened, downcast, glum, miserable, sad
gloom:
noun
1 darkness, blackness, dark, dusk, murk,
obscurity, shade, shadow, twilight
2 depression, dejection, despondency, low
spirits, melancholy, sorrow, unhappiness, woe
heyday
noun
prime, bloom, pink, prime of life, salad
days
flag
verb
weaken, abate, droop, fade, languish, peter
out, sag, wane, weary, wilt
punter
noun
1 gambler, backer, better
2 person, man in the street
busk
busk busks
busking busked
People
who busk play music or sing for money in the streets or other public
places. (BRIT)
They spent their free time in Glasgow Argyle Street
VB
· busking
Passers-by in the area have been treated
to some high-quality busking.
N-UNCOUNT
flagship
2 flagship flagships
The
flagship of a group of things that are owned or produced by a particular
organization is the most important one.
The hospital has been the government's
flagship, leading the health service reforms.
The company plans to open a flagship
store in New York
N-COUNT:
oft with poss
rein in
1 rein in reins in; reining in; reined in
To rein in something means to
control it.
His administration's economic policy
would focus on reining in inflation and reducing the budget deficit.
Mary spoiled both her children, then
tried too late to rein them in.
PHR-V
= control
V
shed
verb
1 give out, cast, drop, emit, give, radiate,
scatter, shower, spill
2 cast off, discard, moult, slough
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