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down-hearted

down-heart·ed
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [doun hahr-tid]
    • /daʊn ˈhɑr tɪd/
    • /daʊn hɑːt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [doun hahr-tid]
    • /daʊn ˈhɑr tɪd/

Definitions of down-hearted word

  • adjective down-hearted dejected; depressed; discouraged. 1
  • adjective down-hearted Alternative form of downhearted. 0

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Origin of down-hearted

First appearance:

before 1645
One of the 44% oldest English words
First recorded in 1645-55; down1 + hearted

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Parts of speech for Down-hearted

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

down-hearted popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 57% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for down-hearted

noun down-hearted

  • abjection — an abject state or condition
  • baby blues — depression suffered after childbirth
  • blahs — nonsense; rubbish: What they say is blah.
  • bleakness — bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
  • catatonia — a state of muscular rigidity and stupor, sometimes found in schizophrenia

adverb down-hearted

  • despondently — feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom: despondent about failing health.
  • dispiritedly — discouraged; dejected; disheartened; gloomy.

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