downhearted Play adjectiveDiscouraged; in low spirits. SYNONYMS as sick as a parrotbluecast downcrestfallendefeatistdejecteddepresseddespairingdespondentdisconsolatediscourageddishearteneddismaldispiriteddistresseddolefuldowndown in the dumpsdown in the mouthdowncastgloomyglumhopelessin despairin low spiritslowlow-spiritedmelancholymiserablemoroseoppressedpessimisticsadsorrowfulwoebegonewretched