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dúchroíoch — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • joyless adj Without joy; unhappy, sad.
  • melancholic adjective Feeling or showing deep, often thoughtful sadness.
  • spiteful adjective Full of spite; deliberately unkind or vindictive.

Senses

dúchroíoch is used for these senses in English:

  • black-hearted Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.
  • joyless Without joy; unhappy, sad.
  • melancholic Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
  • spiteful Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.

melancholic — full definition

  1. adjective Feeling or showing deep, often thoughtful sadness.
  2. noun A person who is habitually sad or given to melancholy.

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