What words describe the melancholy felt at a place of great loss?
Was everyone talking on the phone the other day and they described a visit to a battlefield where thousands of people died during the Civil War? They were looking for a better word than “melancholy” to describe that specific kind of historical empathy that comes from visiting such a place.
Are you aware that there is a loss and what is the bleakness of the experience after that?
Explanation:
I felt real word when visiting Normandy. How many people can we count?
How about despondent?
feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression ( MW )
I think this word also conveys the despair one feels when realizing that so much tragedy is inflicted by fellow human beings. Many places of great loss do signify that terrible truth also.
What’s with “haunted” in your style? No haunted in the sense of “visited by spirits, imaginary beings, magic, apparitions, spectres, etc.u00bb (No references). “, although that common meaning may figure in the background of the sense conveyed, but rather haunted in this transfigurative sense:
From memories, cares, feelings, thoughts: To be visited by these; to have these come up or present themselves as recurrent influences or impressions, esp. Why distractions are important cause of trouble?
How was haunt, Via Domenica from the OED, in haunt v. Clive c.Sorsa, Ivorch, and Tobin. (Paraphrased from the OED, haunt, v. M.M.C., c.221. This
word works very quickly in your example. If
your example be honest I felt haunted when visiting Normandy. How many people have died there?
What does the media claim to do, and how can I make your article more interesting?
What’s with “haunted” in your style? No haunted in the sense of “visited by spirits, imaginary beings, magic, apparitions, spectres, etc.u00bb (No references). “, although that common meaning may figure in the background of the sense conveyed, but rather haunted in this transfigurative sense:
From memories, cares, feelings, thoughts: To be visited by these; to have these come up or present themselves as recurrent influences or impressions, esp. Why distractions are important cause of trouble?
How was haunt, Via Domenica from the OED, in haunt v. Clive c.Sorsa, Ivorch, and Tobin. (Paraphrased from the OED, haunt, v. M.M.C., c.221. This
word works very quickly in your example. If
your example be honest I felt haunted when visiting Normandy. How many people have died there?
What does the media claim to do, and how can I make your article more interesting?
If you could describe my melancholy and narcissistic attitude in one word, then I would say it was all about melancholia. Is the United States a sad country after the Civil War?
I would say that such an experience would engender a sense of melancholy reflection and reflection. My grandfather was killed in the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1916. I have been there several times since then, but I’m unaware that my family has been here for years. At least that
is how I would describe the visit to the battlefield and to the monuments.
Downhearted refers to the state of mind.
- Definition: unhappy and having no hope, especially because of a disappointment or failure; sad, discouraged, in low spirits.
- Example: After hearing the news of the defeat, she told supporters not to be downhearted.
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I’ve tried and gone a different route than mere synonyms of sad. Which blood vicariously goes you to see others undergoing similar rapture against them. Should those feelings endure long after your encounter, you might in some way, count yourself among them.
Is it true that the mind is carrying the person to another, more
- positive place? What is a dictionary. A dictionary. com
While my toes twiddled in the sands of Normandy, I suddenly found myself enraptured by all the atrocities of war, and although it was a beautiful day, it was only with a shiver that my thoughts turned towards the pampered existence that is my life.
I would find it interesting in vicariously, as per the title, the melancholy was felt.
- Thought. viewed or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others – dictionary. In
a war, i have never been in the service. I can only imagine that it is hell. What was the hell of it?
When describing the person, who is so deeply humbled : casualty – a
person or something badly affected by an event or situation. – Google
Men were unhit by shrapnel or bullets were nonetheless casualties. – Stephen E. Ambrose
(oct. 2013) The Times Literary Editor.
Somber communicates a sense of seriousness and depression:
a : of a serious mien : grave somber dignitaries >
> b : of a dismal or depressing character ( SW): melancholy (
FW )
I’ve tried and gone a different route than mere synonyms of sad. Which blood vicariously goes you to see others undergoing similar rapture against them. Should those feelings endure long after your encounter, you might in some way, count yourself among them.
Is it true that the mind is carrying the person to another, more
- positive place? What is a dictionary. A dictionary. com
While my toes twiddled in the sands of Normandy, I suddenly found myself enraptured by all the atrocities of war, and although it was a beautiful day, it was only with a shiver that my thoughts turned towards the pampered existence that is my life.
I would find it interesting in vicariously, as per the title, the melancholy was felt.
- Thought. viewed or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others – dictionary. In
a war, i have never been in the service. I can only imagine that it is hell. What was the hell of it?
When describing the person, who is so deeply humbled : casualty – a
person or something badly affected by an event or situation. – Google
Men were unhit by shrapnel or bullets were nonetheless casualties. – Stephen E. Ambrose
(oct. 2013) The Times Literary Editor.
Mournful emphasizes the sorrow:
Feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful. In another disaster,
the mournful survivors were faced with the grim task of burying the dead. ( PM )
Downhearted refers to the state of mind.
- Definition: unhappy and having no hope, especially because of a disappointment or failure; sad, discouraged, in low spirits.
- Example: After hearing the news of the defeat, she told supporters not to be downhearted.
What are the benefits to students of high quality studies?