downcast
Feeling quite glum
Downcast describes eyes or a gaze directed toward the ground, often signaling sadness, shame, or dejection: She sat with downcast eyes, unwilling to meet anyone's gaze.
By extension, downcast describes a person's mood—dejected or dispirited: He seemed downcast after the rejection.
The word pairs physical posture with emotional state.
Low in spirits
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
- disheartenedLost confidence or hope
- gloomyDark and dispiriting
forlorn · melancholy · sorrowful · morose · woeful · glum · dispirited · doleful
Lost confidence or hope
- demoralizedStripped of confidence
- dispiritedHaving lost heart
- dismayedDistressed by shock
- hopelessBeyond possibility of success
pessimistic · resigned · unmotivated · uninspired · disillusioned · frustrated · daunted · deterred
Having lost a contest
- crushedCompressed into fragments
- demoralizedStripped of confidence
- vanquishedDefeated completely
- conqueredDefeated and took control
subdued · overcome · bested · deflated · humbled · broken · dispirited · routed
Deprived by death
- mourningPeriod following loss
- grief-strickenOverwhelmed by profound loss
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
- inconsolableUnable to be comforted
lamenting · tearful · anguished · bereft · sorrowful · brokenhearted · weeping · stricken
Moved downward or reduced
Humbly unassertive
- subduedReduced in intensity
- cowedIntimidated into submission
- timidLacking courage or confidence
- docileEasily controlled or taught
deferential · yielding · passive · unassertive · humble · acquiescent · browbeaten · defeated
dejected
Low in spirits
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
- disheartenedLost confidence or hope
gloomy · forlorn · melancholy · sorrowful · morose · woeful · glum · dispirited · doleful · somber
disheartened
Lost confidence or hope
- demoralizedStripped of confidence
- dispiritedHaving lost heart
- dismayedDistressed by shock
hopeless · pessimistic · resigned · unmotivated · uninspired · disillusioned · frustrated · daunted · deterred · crestfallen
beaten
Having lost a contest
- crushedCompressed into fragments
- demoralizedStripped of confidence
- vanquishedDefeated completely
conquered · subdued · overcome · bested · deflated · humbled · broken · dispirited · routed · undone
bereaved
Deprived by death
- mourningPeriod following loss
- grief-strickenOverwhelmed by profound loss
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
inconsolable · lamenting · tearful · anguished · bereft · sorrowful · brokenhearted · weeping · stricken
lowered
Moved downward or reduced
meek
Humbly unassertive
docile · deferential · yielding · passive · unassertive · humble · acquiescent · browbeaten · defeated · sheepish
- Negative Feelingssad, upset, disappointed, crushed, dejected
- sombergloomy, bleak, dreary, dismal, melancholy
- Downdownward, downhill, downstairs, downstream, downwind
- dejectiondejected, despondent, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited
- mood symptomssadness, hopelessness, worthlessness, anhedonia, low mood
- heartbreakheartache, broken heart, heartbreak, dumping, lost love