downhearted meaning and definition

DOWNHEARTED adjective

Definition of downhearted (adjective)

1. filled with melancholy and despondency
   • "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"; "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"
   • synonyms: blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited