downheartedness

downheartedness
The characteristic of being downhearted; sadness.

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  • downheartedness — index damper (depressant), pessimism Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • downheartedness — noun see downhearted …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • downheartedness — See downheartedly. * * * …   Universalium

  • downheartedness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits: blues, dejection, depression, despondence, despondency, doldrums, dolefulness, dumps, dysphoria, funk, gloom, glumness, heavy heartedness, melancholy, mope (used in plural),… …   English dictionary for students

  • downheartedness — n. sadness, unhappiness, depression …   English contemporary dictionary

  • downheartedness — down·heart·ed·ness …   English syllables

  • downheartedness — noun a feeling of low spirits he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits • Syn: ↑dejectedness, ↑low spiritedness, ↑lowness, ↑dispiritedness • Derivationally related forms: ↑dispirited ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • depression — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. recession, slowdown. II Pressing downward Nouns 1. depression, lowering; dip (see concavity); abasement, debasement; reduction. 2. overthrow, overset, overturn; upset; prostration, subversion,… …   English dictionary for students

  • blues — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. melancholy, despondency. See dejection. II (Roget s IV) pl.n. 1. [A state of despondency; often with the] Syn. depressed spirits, heaviness of heart, melancholy, dejection; see gloom 2 . 2. [Rhythmic… …   English dictionary for students

  • dejectedness — noun a feeling of low spirits he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits • Syn: ↑downheartedness, ↑low spiritedness, ↑lowness, ↑dispiritedness • Derivationally related forms: ↑dispirited ( …   Useful english dictionary

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