Local English word record

downhearted

adjective · 1 sense

filled with melancholy and despondency

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Examples

  • gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
  • gloomy predictions
  • a gloomy silence
  • took a grim view of the economy
  • the darkening mood

Word relationships

Synonyms

gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited

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Princeton WordNet 3.0