downhearted

downhearted
downhearted [adj] depressed, unhappy blue*, chapfallen, crestfallen, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dismayed, dispirited, down, downcast, low, low-spirited, sad, sorrowful, spiritless, woebegone; concept 403 —Ant. cheered, happy, heartened, uplifted

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  • Downhearted — Single by Australian Crawl from the album The Boys Light Up B s …   Wikipedia

  • Downhearted — Down heart ed, a. Dejected; low spirited. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • downhearted — index disconsolate, pessimistic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • downhearted — 1774 (downheartedly is attested from 1650s), a figurative image from DOWN (Cf. down) (adv.) + HEART (Cf. heart) …   Etymology dictionary

  • downhearted — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ discouraged; dejected …   English terms dictionary

  • downhearted — [doun′härt΄id] adj. in low spirits; discouraged; dejected downheartedly adv …   English World dictionary

  • downhearted — [[t]da͟ʊnhɑ͟ː(r)tɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If you are downhearted, you are feeling sad and discouraged. Max sighed, sounding even more downhearted... Don t be too downhearted. There s always a way. Syn: dejected …   English dictionary

  • downhearted — down|heart|ed [ˌdaunˈha:tıd US a:r ] adj feeling sad and disappointed, especially because you have tried to achieve something but have failed ▪ When no replies came, I began to feel downhearted …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • downhearted — sad, unhappy, down    Are you downhearted, my dear? No. Just quiet, my love …   English idioms

  • downhearted — adjective discouraged or made sad by something: When no replies came, I began to feel downhearted …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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