a long face
Definition
› If you have a long face, you look sad: 'Why've you got such a long face?' 'My boyfriend doesn't want to see me any more.'Feeling sad and unhappy
(Definition of a long face from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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a list as long as your arm idiom
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a load of crap, nonsense, rubbish, etc. idiom
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a load/weight off your mind idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- (down) in the dumps idiom
- a dog's life idiom
- be cut up idiom
- be down in the mouth idiom
- be in a funk idiom
- bereft adjective
- distressed adjective
- doleful adjective
- dour adjective
- downcast adjective (UNHAPPY)
- downhearted adjective
- lugubrious adjective
- martyred adjective
- maudlin adjective
- melancholic adjective
- moody adjective
- upset adjective (WORRIED)
- woe is me idiom
- woebegone adjective
- woeful adjective (SAD)
Topic:
Feeling sad and unhappy
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