downheartedness
Heavy heart feeling
Downheartedness is a state of low spirits or discouragement—the feeling of being dejected or dispirited.
It suggests a temporary sinking of mood rather than deep depression: A sense of downheartedness settled over her after the rejection.
The word is somewhat formal; in casual speech, people more often say they're feeling down or bummed out.
State without hope
- despairTotal absence of hope
- dejectionState of lowness
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- discouragementLoss of confidence
dispiritedness · desolation · dismay · forlornness · bleakness · disconsolateness · pessimism · demoralization
State of emotional pain
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- woeGreat sorrow or distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
melancholy · mournfulness · heaviness · tearfulness · plaintiveness · lamentation · pining · regret
Primary color; also sad
- glumQuietly dejected
- moroseSullenly ill-humored
- sullenSilently bad-tempered
- somberGravely serious in mood
doleful · lugubrious · crestfallen · woebegone · hangdog · long-faced · downcast · droopy
hopelessness
State without hope
discouragement · dispiritedness · desolation · dismay · forlornness · bleakness · disconsolateness · pessimism · demoralization · disillusionment
sadness
State of emotional pain
anguish · melancholy · mournfulness · heaviness · tearfulness · plaintiveness · lamentation · pining · regret · longing
blue
Primary color; also sad
somber · doleful · lugubrious · crestfallen · woebegone · hangdog · long-faced · downcast · droopy · subdued
- sadnesssad, unhappy, grief, sorrowful, heartbroken
- discouragementdiscouragement, dejection, defeatism, disappointment, letdown
downheartednessjoy
Intense positive emotion
happiness · cheerfulness · elation · lightheartedness · exuberance
downheartednesshopefulness
Expectation of positive outcomes
optimism · encouragement · confidence · sanguineness · positive outlook
discouraged, heartbreak, heartsick, disheartened, dispirited, disheartening, downhearted, disheartenment, heartsickness