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downhearted

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. sad

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
" Downhearted " is the third single released by Australian surf rock band Australian Crawl from their debut album The Boys Light Up . The song was written by Sean Higgins, Guy McDonough and Bill McDonough. All three songwriters had been bandmates in the ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Downhearted \Down"heart`ed\, a. Dejected; low-spirited.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" [syn: blue , depressed , dispirited , down(p) ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ When no job offers came, I began to feel downhearted . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All the talk of weddings made Anne feel downhearted and impatient with the secrecy that John insisted on.

Usage examples of downhearted.

I was exhausted and downhearted and sought familiar comfort somewhere.

Furthermore, Black Emanuel resumes the thumpings where Frank leaves off, and by and by my friend is much bewildered and downhearted and does not care what happens to her.

In mid-October, so low he could see no hope or purpose in anything, Adams wrote as downhearted a letter as any he ever sent to Congress.

Always he was smiling at them, and always talking, so that he drew answering smiles from even the shiest and most downhearted.

No one would suspect that she had ever been downhearted because of Ashley and Melanie.

In the morning he was downhearted again, and would have sustained himself by giving me all the money he had in his possession, gold and silver too, if my aunt had not interposed, and limited the gift to five shillings, which, at his earnest petition, were afterwards increased to ten.

At any given time he had attached to his office the licenses of a half a dozen part-time sales associates, for the most part a downhearted bunch of losers who shared his aversion to debt and forcefulness.

When Mr Smarts took my copy from me and said he'd check it during lunch and return it to me that afternoon in science — I had him for that as well — I was too downhearted to thank him for his promptness.