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Definition of Downhearted
1. Adjective. Filled with melancholy and despondency. "Feeling discouraged and downhearted"
Similar to: Dejected
Derivative terms: Dispiritedness, Downheartedness, Gloominess, Gloominess, Lowness, Low-spiritedness
Definition of Downhearted
1. a. Dejected; low-spirited.
Definition of Downhearted
1. Adjective. sad ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Downhearted
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Downhearted
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Downhearted
Literary usage of Downhearted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1870)
"downhearted. — Letter to Pierre Paris Irving. — Letter to Leslie. — Letter to
Bre- voort. — Close of 1824. |HE "Tales of a Traveller" was published in ..."
2. Chronicles of the City of Perugia, 1492-1503 by Francesco Maturanzio (1905)
"victory many were glad and rejoiced, and many were sad and downhearted, as is
wont to be. And that sharp and stern fight lasted about four hours reckoning ..."
3. The Life and Letters of Washington Irving by Pierre Munroe Irving (1869)
"downhearted. — Letter to Pierre Paris Irving. — Letter to Leslie. — Letter to
Bre- voort. — Close of 1824. |HE "Tales of a Traveller" was published in ..."
4. Letters of Captain Geo. Hamilton Perkins, U.S.N. by George Hamilton Perkins, George Eugene Belknap (1908)
""Even little Jack Stewart is quiet and downhearted, not only on account of poor
Rooney, but because his sweetheart has stopped writing him. ..."
5. The English Factories in India, 1622-1623: A Calendar of Documents in the by William Foster (1908)
"... downhearted']; all your wrongs shalbe righted and himselfe wilbe ready to doe
you any service.' As Mr. Martin is unwell, it would not be amiss to send ..."
6. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"... cast down, disheartened, downhearted, desponding, despondent, blue, crestfallen,
low-spirited, in low spirits. Chaplet, я. Garland, wreath, coronal. ..."
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