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单词 down in the mouth
释义

down in the mouth

adjective

: dejected sense 1

Synonyms

  • bad
  • blue
  • brokenhearted
  • cast down
  • crestfallen
  • dejected
  • depressed
  • despondent
  • disconsolate
  • doleful
  • down
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • droopy
  • forlorn
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • hangdog
  • heartbroken
  • heartsick
  • heartsore
  • heavyhearted
  • inconsolable
  • joyless
  • low
  • low-spirited
  • melancholic
  • melancholy
  • miserable
  • mournful
  • sad
  • saddened
  • sorrowful
  • sorry
  • unhappy
  • woebegone
  • woeful
  • wretched
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Example Sentences

after a disastrous date like that, anyone would be down in the mouth
Recent Examples on the Web Many of our emotion terms are references to states of the body—we’re downcast, bent out of shape, head over heels, shaken up, down in the mouth—which have slowly rigidified into dead metaphor. Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1649, in the meaning defined above

down in the mouth

adjective

as in sad
feeling unhappiness after a disastrous date like that, anyone would be down in the mouth

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • sad
  • unhappy
  • depressed
  • heartbroken
  • miserable
  • cast down
  • upset
  • bad
  • sorry
  • down
  • worried
  • melancholy
  • disappointed
  • blue
  • uneasy
  • crestfallen
  • troubled
  • downhearted
  • hopeless
  • downcast
  • woebegone
  • mournful
  • dejected
  • disconsolate
  • gloomy
  • sorrowful
  • saddened
  • joyless
  • depressing
  • despondent
  • glum
  • inconsolable
  • droopy
  • forlorn
  • brokenhearted
  • hangdog
  • doleful
  • low
  • wretched
  • heartsick
  • distressed
  • woeful
  • suicidal
  • discouraged
  • melancholic
  • heartsore
  • heavyhearted
  • grieving
  • low-spirited
  • sunk
  • aggrieved
  • despairing
  • weeping
  • tearful
  • disheartened
  • unquiet
  • desolate
  • bleak
  • lachrymose
  • gray
  • somber
  • dispirited
  • morbid
  • black
  • darkening
  • agonized
  • wailing
  • plaintive
  • anguished
  • lugubrious
  • dreary
  • dark
  • regretful
  • dolorous
  • saturnine
  • dismal
  • drear
  • morose
  • elegiacal
  • rueful
  • sullen
  • cheerless
  • murky
  • elegiac
  • comfortless
  • grey
  • funereal
  • sombre

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • glad
  • happy
  • jubilant
  • cheery
  • cheerful
  • delighted
  • exuberant
  • sunny
  • joyous
  • exultant
  • joyful
  • buoyant
  • excited
  • merry
  • jolly
  • blissful
  • gleeful
  • enraptured
  • upbeat
  • ecstatic
  • elated
  • blithesome
  • chipper
  • buoyed
  • blithe
  • jocose
  • rosy
  • content
  • overjoyed
  • entranced
  • optimistic
  • mirthful
  • euphoric
  • jovial
  • bouncing
  • exhilarated
  • rapturous
  • lightsome
  • jocular
  • sanguine
  • jocund
  • thrilled
  • rhapsodic
  • vital
  • hopeful
  • rhapsodical
  • smiling
  • encouraged
  • laughing
  • gladdened
  • frisky
  • lively
  • perky
  • energetic
  • springy
  • satisfied
  • animated
  • gladsome
  • jaunty
  • zippy
  • careless
  • spirited
  • cavalier
  • sprightly
  • unconcerned
  • peppy
  • sprightful
  • pleased
  • boon
  • gratified
  • grinning
  • carefree
  • beaming
  • easygoing
  • vivacious
  • lighthearted
  • heartened
  • insouciant
  • devil-may-care
  • happy-go-lucky
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