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| Main Entry: |
downcast
 [doun-kast, -kahst] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, unhappy |
| Synonyms: | bad, blue, brooding, bummed out, cast down, chapfallen, cheerless, crestfallen, daunted, dejected, despondent, disappointed, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dismayed, dispirited, distressed, doleful, down, down in the dumps, down-in-the-mouth, downhearted, dragged, droopy, dull, forlorn, gloomy, glum, heartsick, in pain, listless, low, low-spirited, miserable, moody, mopey, morose, oppressed, sad, shot down, singing the blues, sunk, troubled, weighed down, woebegone |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, elated, glad, happy, heartened, satisfied |
| Main Entry: | blue |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sad |
| Synonyms: | dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, down in the dumps, downcast, downhearted, fed up*, gloomy, glum, low, melancholy, moody, unhappy, woebegone |
| Antonyms: | gay, happy, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, upbeat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crestfallen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disappointed |
| Synonyms: | ass in a sling, blue, cast down, chapfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited, down, down in the dumps, downcast, downhearted, in a funk, inconsolable, low, sad, singing the blues, taken down |
| Antonyms: | cheered, elated, encouraged, excited, happy, hearted, inspirited |
Example Sentences
- Vaguely heard or not, the music had its effect on an audience that seemed anything but downcast.
- Still, the private-equity boss was by no means downcast as he sharpened his axe.
- The record shows that she sat through the hearing in silence, her arms folded, her eyes downcast.
| Main Entry: | dejected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, blue |
| Synonyms: | abject, all torn up, atrabilious, black, bleak, broody, bummed out, cast down, cheerless, clouded, crestfallen, dampened, dashed, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dismal, dispirited, doleful, down, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, drooping, droopy, gloomy, glum, heavyhearted, hurting, in the pits, low, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, moody, mopey, mopish, morose, sad, sagging, shot down, spiritless, woebegone, wretched |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, encouraged, happy, joyous |
| Main Entry: | depressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discouraged |
| Synonyms: | bad, bleeding, blue*, bummed out, cast-down, crestfallen, crummy, dejected, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dispirited, down, down and out, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, fed up*, glum, grim, hurting, in a blue funk, in pain, in the dumps, in the pits, in the toilet, let down, low, low-down, low-spirited, lugubrious, melancholy, moody, morose, on a downer, pessimistic, ripped, sad, sob story, spiritless, taken down, torn up, unhappy, weeping, woebegone |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, comforted, encouraged, happy, satisfied, unburdened |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | desolate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, despondent |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, acheronian, bereft, black, bleak, blue, cheerless, comfortless, companionless, dejected, disconsolate, dismal, dolorous, down, downcast, forlorn, forsaken, funereal, gloomy, hurting, in a blue funk, inconsolable, joyless, lonely, lonesome, lorn, melancholy, miserable, somber, tragic, wretched |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy, pleased |
| Main Entry: | despairing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upset, despondent |
| Synonyms: | anxious, at end of one's rope, blue, brokenhearted, can't win, cynical, dejected, depressed, desperate, disconsolate, downcast, forlorn, frantic, grief-stricken, hopeless, in pain, in the dumps, in the pits, in the soup, inconsolable, melancholic, melancholy, miserable, no-win, not a prayer, oppressed, pessimistic, sad, shot down, strabilious, suicidal, sunk, weighed down, wretched |
| Antonyms: | confident, encouraged, expectant, hopeful |
| Main Entry: | desperate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeless |
| Synonyms: | at end of one's rope, back to the wall, can't win, dead duck, despairing, despondent, desponding, downcast, forlorn, futile, gone*, goner, hard up, in the soup, in the toilet, inconsolable, irrecoverable, irremediable, irretrievable, no-chance, no-way, no-win, running out of time, sad, sunk, up against it, up the creek, useless, vain, wretched |
| Antonyms: | hopeful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | despondent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed |
| Synonyms: | all torn up, blue*, bummed-out, cast-down, dejected, despairing, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, forlorn, gloomy, glum, griefstricken, grieving, hopeless, in a blue funk, in despair, in the pits, low, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, morose, mourning, sad, shot down, sorrowful, woebegone, wretched |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, elated, happy, hopeful, spirited, up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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