Meanings
alternative down-hearted
- Sad, discouraged, in low spirits, unhappy, having no hope
Fans must not be downhearted even though we lost.
1 more example
We're going on strike for twelve percent / We're not downhearted yet / They're filming it all for a reality show / So twelve percent we'll get
2005, “The Land Of Do What You're Told”, in A Singsong and a Scrap, performed by ChumbawambaSynonyms: low-spirited, unhappy, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSad, discouraged, in low spirits, unhappy, having no hope
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivefilled with melancholy and despondency
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian отчаян, обезверен
- отчаян (otčajan)sad or discouraged
- обезверен (obezveren)sad or discouraged
German niedergeschlagen
- niedergeschlagensad or discouraged
Hungarian csüggedt
- csüggedtsad or discouraged
Latin dēiectus
- dēiectussad or discouraged
Welsh pendrwm, penisel
- pendrwmsad or discouraged
- peniselsad or discouraged
- pendristsad or discouraged
- digalonsad or discouraged
- tristsad or discouraged
Cite this entry
downhearted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downhearted
“downhearted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downhearted. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “downhearted,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downhearted.
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