the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Dejected; low-spirited.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Dejected; depressed; discouraged.
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adj. filled with melancholy and despondency
Word Usage
"The men were not by any means "downhearted," and would rather have died than admit that they were depressed, but the brightness was all rubbed off, and a moroseness,"