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Synonyms for down-heartedness

  • noun

Most common

depression misery sadness despondency unhappiness dejection low-spiritedness lowness

All synonyms

Noun

depression, sadness, melancholy, misery, despondency, dejection, lowness, unhappiness, low-spiritedness, crestfallenness, dejectedness, dispiritedness, sorrow, woe, gloom, melancholia, wretchedness, infelicity, sorrowfulness

Antonyms

joy, happiness, mirth

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The characteristic of being downhearted; sadness.

Related words

Other spellings
downheartedness

Example sentences

  • depression The report states that there will be a depression.
  • misery Tom blamed all his misery on planned obsolescence.
  • sadness There was also an irrefutable sadness in his eyes.
  • unhappiness This created a lot of unhappiness in Yanni's life.

By length

3 letters
woe1
5 letters
gloom1
6 letters
misery3, sorrow2
7 letters
sadness2, lowness
9 letters
dejection
10 letters
depression3, melancholy4, infelicity
11 letters
unhappiness4, melancholia, despondency4
12 letters
wretchedness, dejectedness
13 letters
sorrowfulness
14 letters
dispiritedness
15 letters
crestfallenness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (misery3 = 3 syllables).