down in the mouth English

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down in the mouth

— adjective (= gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, downcast, downhearted) 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

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low-spirited

low

gloomy

downhearted

downcast

down

dispirited

depressed

blue

grim

dejected

weakened

sagging with dissatisfaction

jaded

down-hearted

despondent