Happy and Prostrate

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Happy adjective - Coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly.

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Prostrate is an antonym for happy.

Nearby Words: happiness, happily

Prostrate adjective - Depleted in strength, energy, or freshness.

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Happy is an antonym for prostrate in topics: helpless, flat, tired.

Nearby Words: prostration, prostrated

This happens again between The Weapons of Mass Destruction and The Prostrate Years: at the end of the former, Adrian is married to Daisy, they have a baby daughter and he seemingly gives up diary-writing because 'happy people don't keep a diary'.

Source: Literature / Adrian Mole

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