down-heartedness

A form of downheartedness — The characteristic of being downhearted; sadness.

Meanings

noundown-heartedness (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of downheartedness.

    And now the sight of the two bottom fields, their gently undulating topography now changed beyond all recognition, exacerbated his down-heartedness.

    2013, Robin Pilcher, chapter 24, in Starting Over, →ISBN
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APA

down-heartedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/down-heartedness

MLA

“down-heartedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/down-heartedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “down-heartedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/down-heartedness.

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