downhearted, a.
(-hɑːtɪd)
Having the heart ‘down’ (see down adv. 18); discouraged, low-spirited. (‘A colloquial word.’ Todd 1818.)
| a 1774 Goldsm. Ess. (L.), Come, my good fellow, don't be downhearted; cheer up. 1860 Ruskin in Anne Ritchie Rec. Tennyson, etc. 29 Sept. (1892) 136, I am very glad to have your letter..having been downhearted lately. 1869 Goulburn Purs. Holiness xxi. 199 To console many a down-hearted Christian. |
Hence downˈheartedly adv.; also downˈheartedness.
| 1655 W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. Introd. v. (1669) 174, I..find it come off as weakly and down-heartedly as before. a 1863 Thackeray Haggarty's Wife (1887) 281 His down⁓heartedness..surprised..his acquaintances. |