lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group, which lessens social cohesion and fosters decline; popularized by French sociologist Émile Durkheim in his influential book Suicide
(adjective) of or indicative of a peevish ill-natured disposition, sickeningly unpleasant
(verb) to make a harsh cry / (verb) to protest or complain noisily
(psychoanalysis) the process of investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea
(adjective) marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background
(of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light; having lost vigour or substance; feeble
(adjective) mournful / (adjective) exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful / (adjective) dismal
(adjective) supernatural mysterious / (adjective) filled with a sense of the presence of divinity; holy / (adjective) appealing to the higher emotions or to the aesthetic sense; spiritual
(adjective) of or relating to dreams; dreamy
to walk or perform another act while asleep or in a sleeplike condition
(adjective) extremely loud
(relating to) a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.
(noun) a frame of latticework used as a screen or as a support for climbing plants / (noun) a construction (as a summerhouse) chiefly of latticework / (noun) an arrangement that forms or gives the effect of a lattice / (verb) to provide with a trellis / (verb) to train (as a vine) on a trellis / (verb) to cross or interlace on or through; interweave