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

Full grammatical hierarchy of Down-hearted

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 52% 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.

All 24 Synonyms of down-hearted