English adjective: down in the mouth | |||
1. | down in the mouth filled with melancholy and despondency | ||
Samples | Gloomy at the thought of what he had to face. Gloomy predictions. A gloomy silence. Took a grim view of the economy. The darkening mood. Lonely and blue in a strange city. Depressed by the loss of his job. A dispirited and resigned expression on her face. Downcast after his defeat. Feeling discouraged and downhearted. | ||
Synonyms | blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited | ||
Similar | dejected | ||
Antonyms | elated | ||