WordNet
in low spirits
adv. in a dejected manner; "when she came back Sophie and Esther were sitting dejectedly in the kitchen" [syn: dejectedly]
Usage examples of "in low spirits".
The Major fussed over his wife like a bridegroom, and was angry with fate when she was tired and in low spirits.
Letty, who had been in low spirits for days past, was wearing a new and extremely dashing ball-dress of white crape so profusely embroidered with silver spangles that when she stood in the light of the great chandelier in the drawing-room the effect was quite dazzling.
These casual acquaintanceships were not enough to keep Monica from being very lonely and often in low spirits.