Not glad or joyful; unhappy, sorry.

Depressed and dispirited through trouble, anxiety, disappointment, etc.; sick at heart.

Of persons, their actions, state, aspect, etc.: Full of sadness or melancholy; sad, doleful, melancholy: in late use, influenced by 4. Obsolete or ar…

†dreary-mood, dreary-souled, adjs.

Of great weight; weighty, ponderous. The opposite of light.

Not merry; lacking in joy or merriment; not joyful, mirthless. In early use also: †not pleasing, disagreeable (obsolete).

Dejected, sad, gloomy, drooping.

Sad, mournful, gloomy.

Of a person, or his or her feelings, disposition, etc.: feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful, heavy-hearted.

Declining in health, pining away; drooping, withering, failing. Also in early use: †suffering from sickness or disease (obsolete).

Dismayed, appalled.

Dejected, downcast, sorrowful, discouraged. Also: alarmed, distraught, bewildered.

Not light (in various senses of light, adj.1); heavy.

Unhappy; destitute of bliss.

Emotionally depressed; dejected, dispirited; despondent. Frequently in low spirits.

Unhappy.

Of persons, or their mood: Having the natural vivacity or cheerfulness blunted; having the spirits somewhat depressed; listless; in a state…

Solitary, cheerless, miserable.

Dejected, depressed, dispirited, despondent.

Having a heavy heart; grieved, sad, melancholy.

Destitute of joy; having, feeling, or manifesting no joy; sad, cheerless. †Sometimes const. of.

Sorrowful, mournful.

Mournful.

Sad, sorrowful; in quot. 14.., dark or dull-coloured (= sad, adj. 10).

figurative and in figurative contexts. Unenlightened; gloomy, hopeless.

Of a person or a person's mood: lacking in enthusiasm or energy; dejected, disheartened, listless. Cf. heart, n. 11b. Now rare.

Feeling or expressing sorrow; sad, sorrowful, melancholy.

Overwhelmed; exhausted; disheartened, dismayed. Cf. amated, adj.

= languishing, adj. (in various senses). Cf. languorous, adj.

Lacking mirth, joyless; sad, dismal; humourless.

Of heavy mood, doleful, sad; dull, gloomy.

Of a person's mood or character: gloomy, sad; sullen.

Sullen, frowning, scowling, melancholy.

Destitute or devoid of mental comfort, consolation, or solace; of persons (now rare), unconsoled, inconsolable; of actions, states, etc., attended…

Overwhelmed; exhausted; disheartened, dismayed. Cf. amate, adj.

Downcast, chap-fallen.

Full of sadness; sad, sorrowful; dreary, dismal: cf. trist, adj.2

Joyless; without pleasure or delight. Obsolete.

Of persons, their feelings, state, etc.: Full of or expressing sorrow; sorrowful, sad, distressed.

That excites compassion or pity; lamentable, piteous. Of people or feelings. Also: sad, dejected, doleful. Obsolete.

Of a look, the eyes, or a facial expression: directed downwards, lowered, esp. as expressing dejection, sorrow, discouragement, etc., or…

As participial adj. Downcast, dispirited, dejected, adj.

Chiefly in predicative use. Suffering emotional pain, such as grief, frustrated longing, or disappointment; sick at heart, depressed, despondent…

Low-spirited, dejected, melancholy. Obsolete.

Lacking hope; dispirited, discouraged. Obsolete. rare.

Doleful, miserable, gloomy, lonely.

Of persons: Sullen, frowning; having an air of dejection or displeasure, esp. in to look glum; also to look glum on (a person, action, etc.).

Deprived of or lacking in courage or confidence; disheartened.

Not exhibiting, or partaking of, cheerfulness.

Sad, melancholy; dejected, ‘in the dumps’.

In low spirits; discouraged, disheartened, despondent. Also to put (grow,etc.) out of heart. Now rare.

Made or become sad (in senses of the verb). Saddened, made sorrowful.

Dispirited; (also) gloomily preoccupied.

Sad, doleful, mournful.

Made or left desolate; see desolate, v.

Depressed in spirits, downcast, disheartened, low-spirited.

Full of sorrow, in despair, utterly dejected. Also: †on the point of death or extinction (obsolete). Cf. amort, adj. Now archaic and rare.

Having, feeling, or exhibiting no delight; miserable, dejected. Now somewhat rare.

Dejected, downcast; humble; humiliated. Obsolete.

Devoid of gladness or joy.

Full of groans or groaning; lugubrious.

Of persons and their attributes: Affected with gloom or depression of spirits; having dark or sullen looks.

Of a person, look, countenance, etc.: gloomy; sullen; glowering. Now rare.

sorrowful, sad.

Of persons. Obsolete.

That is or has been made disconsolate; disheartened, distressed; characterized by disconsolation.

Sullen, glum, adj.

Lacking liveliness or vivacity; depressed, dejected, melancholy.

figurative. Gloomy, melancholy.

With the lower jaw fallen, hanging down, or shrunk; figurative, dejected, dispirited, miserable, crestfallen; = chap-fallen, adj.

Wanting in energy and spirit; lifeless, dull. Also, out of spirits, low, dejected, depressed.

Disappointed, dispirited, or dismayed; = chap-fallen, adj. 2. Also: †astonished (cf. open-mouthed, adj. 3 and jaw-dropping adj. at jaw, n.1…

(a) Stupefied, bewildered, confused. English regional (north-western) in later use. (b) Affected with ennui; dejected, melancholy, spiritless.

figurative. Dejected, dispirited; crestfallen.

Void of cheerfulness, melancholy.

Of persons: Lacking in cheerfulness; melancholy, gloomy. Also transferred.

Wanting in lustre or brightness: originally of the eyes, countenance, etc., after Shakespeare.

Brought low in health or spirits; depressed; enfeebled, ailing, run-down. Usually with down. Cf. pull, v. 19a to pull down 1 at pull, v. phrasal…

Melancholy, dejected, ‘in the dumps’.

Brought low, oppressed, dejected, downcast, etc.; esp. in low spirits.

that hangs one's head, esp. in shame or despondency; characterized by hanging the head in this way.

Of persons, and their aspect and mode of speaking: Gloomy, morose, surly; = glum, adj. 1.

Of a person's mood, feelings, etc.: characterized by depression or despondency; dejected, dispirited; low. Cf. down, adv. 17b.

Cast into or characterized by low spirits; discouraged, disheartened, dejected.

down in (rarely of) the mouth: having the corners of the mouth turned downwards, as a sign of dissatisfaction, etc.; dejected, dispirited. Also dow…

down in (rarely of) the mouth: having the corners of the mouth turned downwards, as a sign of dissatisfaction, etc.; dejected, dispirited. Also dow…

figurative. Lacking cheer, affection, or warmth; miserable, joyless.

Of a person or thing: sorrowful, sad.

Not lit up; unilluminated; not made lighter or brighter. Also: not made lighter in tone or colour. Also figurative.

Grieved, disquieted, troubled; melancholy.

That has become or been made sad.

Affected with or showing stupefaction or depression of spirits; dazed, stupefied. Obsolete or archaic.

That mopes; dull, dejected, spiritless; †bewildered, confused; wandering aimlessly (obsolete).

That desponds; losing or having lost heart or resolution.

full of sadness, sorrowful.

(un-, prefix1 affix 4.)

Not raised (in various senses).

Scottish. Listless, dispirited; in poor condition.

Of a person, or his or her emotions, etc.: unsettled; out of sorts; upset.

Characterized by loss of heart or resolution; labouring under mental depression; desponding.

Of a character or aspect denoting gloom or depression; (subjectively) gloomy or miserable.

Not joyful; joyless; without joy.

Not gladdened or cheered; without joy.

Rarely of persons; = dreary, adj. 3.

Discouraged, dispirited: see the verb.

Sullenly angry; depressed in spirits; sulky.

That does not rejoice.

Of a person, an emotional state, etc.: exhibiting or characterized by low spirits; discouraged, despondent, gloomy.

out of spirits: dispirited, dejected, depressed. Cf. out of sorts at sort, n.2 14.

Vexed, mortified; disappointed; formerly, afflicted, troubled, melancholy.

Originally: lacking in spirit; nervous, cowardly (now rare). Later usually: depressed, dispirited; dejected.

Of persons, their appearance, etc.: Gloomy, lowering, dark and sullen or dejected.

Hateful, malevolent, cruel; black-hearted. Also: melancholic, morbid, morose.

Glum, sullen, sulky.

Dismal, gloomy; cheerless; miserable as a result of cold, illness, etc.

Of persons, etc. Cf. sombre, adj. 2.

Of an outlook, opinion, philosophy, etc.: pessimistic, gloomy.

Belonging to or characteristic of November; dismal, gloomy (see November, n. 1c).

= glumpy, adj.

Dull, dejected, confused.

That dies away or has the air of dying away; languishing.

that causes the blue devils (sense 2a); depressing, dispiriting; (of a person) affected with this; depressed, melancholy, low-spirited.

affected with the blue devils (sense 2a); depressed, melancholy, low-spirited; cf. blue-devil, v.

Dismal, lugubrious.

down in the hip and variants: (of a horse) having a fracture of the anterior spine of the ilium (which makes the point of the affected hip appear to…

‘distant’, reserved, sullen; depressed, gloomy, melancholy.

characterized by a lack of sunshine; not sunny; overcast, dull, gloomy.

Having a downcast expression; dejected, dispirited. Now rare.

figurative. Of a person: contemplative, (sullenly) meditative; feeling depressed or moody. Of a woman: feeling a maternal desire to have a(nother)…

In full trough of the sea, the hollow on the surface between two waves. Also figurative, esp. as in a (or the) trough.

that causes the blue devils (sense 2a); depressing, dispiriting.

Bent downward; downcast; depressed.

Glum.

colloquial. Depressed, irritable, annoyed. Also figurative. Cf. pipped, adj.2 2. Now rare (Australian in later use).

Out of humour; melancholy, sad. Cf. hump, n. 3.

colloquial. Annoyed, irritated; depressed. Cf. pip, n.1 3, pippy, adj.2 1. Now chiefly Australian and New Zealand.

figurative. Dirty, filthy, obscene. Also as a general term of abuse: Mean, scurvy, sorry, vile, contemptible. Also, inferior, poor, bad; ill; in…

Originally U.S. Angry, irritated; fed up, depressed. Frequently (esp. in British use) as pissed off.

colloquial (originally U.S.). In poor health or spirits; unwell, poorly.

Of a person: depressed, sad.

Originally and chiefly North American. Depressed, upset, sad; annoyed, angry. Frequently with out. Chiefly in predicative use. Cf. bum, v.7 2a.