as in depressed
feeling unhappiness
downhearted because his best friend was taking a job out of state
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Recent Examples of downhearted
Despite the boos, Hogan wasn't completely downhearted.
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Created by Sirius Cybernetics Corporation with GPP (Genuine People Personalities), Marvin is programmed to be unerringly downhearted.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Despite the boos, Hogan wasn't completely downhearted.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Created by Sirius Cybernetics Corporation with GPP (Genuine People Personalities), Marvin is programmed to be unerringly downhearted.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Near the end of this downhearted saga, Esmeralda gives a speech, explanatory despite its poetic language, about the mistreatment of her people in this country — her fury even more palpable in her delivery than in the words themselves.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
The sight of him sitting in his room, alone and downhearted, was too much.
—John Carlisle, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
Tarr, 67, a maker of severe, downhearted films that draw outside the lines of traditional storytelling, rarely comes to town.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
Amid the downhearted social realism of the story, the director finds room for bright instances of childhood innocence and evocative dream sequences.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Created by Sirius Cybernetics Corporation with GPP (Genuine People Personalities), Marvin is programmed to be unerringly downhearted.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Despite the boos, Hogan wasn't completely downhearted.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Created by Sirius Cybernetics Corporation with GPP (Genuine People Personalities), Marvin is programmed to be unerringly downhearted.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Near the end of this downhearted saga, Esmeralda gives a speech, explanatory despite its poetic language, about the mistreatment of her people in this country — her fury even more palpable in her delivery than in the words themselves.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
The sight of him sitting in his room, alone and downhearted, was too much.
—John Carlisle, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
Tarr, 67, a maker of severe, downhearted films that draw outside the lines of traditional storytelling, rarely comes to town.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
Amid the downhearted social realism of the story, the director finds room for bright instances of childhood innocence and evocative dream sequences.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for downhearted
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That would increase to 40% for productions outside of the Los Angeles area, or in economically depressed areas of Los Angeles.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
23 May 2025
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Escorting the world's loneliest elephant across Asia In 2020, when most of the world was sealed up due to the COVID pandemic, Cher was flying around Asia fighting for Kaavan, a depressed elephant, stuck in a particularly nasty zoo in Pakistan.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
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Reports suggested that Daltrey was unhappy with Starkey’s playing on the night, and a number of songs were cut short.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
29 May 2025
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Netflix In a recent interview with Harper's Bazaar, Ortega revealed that the massive success following 'Wednesday' actually left her unhappy.—
Jeremy Hanna,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Stewart is still thanked by gay fans by creating such a rare, highly visible (albeit sad) representation.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
27 May 2025
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My back hurt from that sad excuse for a chair (seriously, who designs dining chairs to feel like medieval torture devices?).—
Renae Gregoire,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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On the internet, though, he is deemed as the heartbroken, brooding type because ...—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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Sherine Smith, a former Capistrano teacher and former Laguna Beach Unified School District superintendent, said the meeting’s tone left her heartbroken.—
Hanna Kang,
Oc Register,
22 May 2025
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The Angels left-hander began the season as one of their high leverage relievers, but a miserable outing in the season’s first week told him something wasn’t right.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
26 May 2025
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Walker wears his emotions more viscerally than most players mired in such a miserable start.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
25 May 2025
Adjective
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Feisty, single, and prone to melancholy, Agathe works in Paris’ legendary Shakespeare and Company bookstore.—
Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
21 May 2025
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Part of this is undoubtedly the work of director Dean Fleischer Camp, who is best known for directing the equally charming and melancholy Marcel the Shell With Shoes On.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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That’s the million, sorry, billion-dollar question.—
Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Nobody is going to feel sorry for you, so keep your head up and keep moving forward.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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Santa Margarita 6, Huntington Beach 5: Chase Marlow singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning to give the Eagles an upset over Sunset League champion Huntington Beach.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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Conservatives, who are upset that that bill does not make steep enough spending cuts to significantly bring down the deficit, have pushed for Medicaid work requirements to kick in much sooner than a 2029 deadline.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
20 May 2025
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“Downhearted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downhearted. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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