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downhearted en · ADJ

Etymology

From down + hearted.

Meanings

  1. Sad, discouraged, in low spirits, unhappy, having no hope
    • Fans must not be downhearted even though we lost.
    • We're going on strike for twelve percent / We're not downhearted yet / They're filming it all for a reality show / So twelve percent we'll get 2005, “The Land Of Do What You're Told”, in A Singsong and a Scrap, performed by Chumbawamba:

Forms

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down-hearted alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

downheartedly · downheartedness

Relateds

have one's heart in one's boots

Synonyms

threnetic · triste · heartsick · crestfallen · lachrymose · spiritless · mournful · despondent · morose · melancholy · joyless · disgruntled · grief-stricken · sombre · depressed · querulous · uncheerful · down in the dumps · sad · low · plaintive · unlively · Plutonic · tristful · shattered · dolesome · gloomy · damp · wistful · melancholic · cut up · sorrow-ridden · blue · unhappy · unhappy · downhearted · dull · low-spirited · elegious · jawfallen · mopey · atrabilious · dispirited · down in the mouth · inconsolable · lumpish · sorrowful · down · unconsolable · ruthful · infelicitous · woebegone · disconsolate · solemn · grieving · moody · lugubrious · chapfallen · doleful · dejected · heartsore · miserable · threnetical · bummed out · forlorn · woeful · sullen · wretched · woe · cheerless · saturnine · Plutonian · lamentful · chopfallen · blitheless · atrabiliary · low-spirited · downcast · dismal · elegiac · sorrowsome · glum · uncheery · heavy-hearted · passionate · downsome · disheartened · saddened

Translations (11)

bg отчаян (sad or discouraged) · cy penisel (sad or discouraged) · de niedergeschlagen (sad or discouraged) · cy pendrwm (sad or discouraged) · cy digalon (sad or discouraged) · cy trist (sad or discouraged) · cy pendrist (sad or discouraged) · bg обезверен (sad or discouraged) · cu оунꙑлъ (sad or discouraged) · la dēiectus (sad or discouraged) · hu csüggedt (sad or discouraged)