low-spirited
Lacking all cheer
Low-spirited means dejected, dispirited, or lacking energy and enthusiasm.
Someone who is low-spirited feels sad or discouraged, often without a specific cause: She's been low-spirited ever since the news.
The term is somewhat old-fashioned, more common in British English than American.
Sad or despondent
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
- disheartenedLost confidence or hope
- discouragedHaving lost confidence or enthusiasm
- defeatedOvercome in contest
demoralized · deflated · crushed · disappointed · let down · shot down · broken · beaten
Emotionally low
- sorrowfulFilled with grief
- mournfulShowing or feeling grief
- dolefulExpressing deep sorrow
- wistfulSadly longing for something
plaintive · pensive · heartsick · heavyhearted · heartbroken · tearful · lachrymose · weepy
downcast
Sad or despondent
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
- disheartenedLost confidence or hope
- discouragedHaving lost confidence or enthusiasm
defeated · demoralized · deflated · crushed · disappointed · let down · shot down · broken · beaten · despairing
sad
Emotionally low
wistful · plaintive · pensive · heartsick · heavyhearted · heartbroken · tearful · lachrymose · weepy · blue
somber
Gravely serious in mood
dark · pessimistic · brooding · saturnine · funereal · sepulchral · cheerless · joyless · humorless · gray
morose
Sullenly ill-humored
moody · surly · withdrawn · uncommunicative · unresponsive · moping · broody · grumpy · sour · ill-humored
spirit, inspire, spirited, spiritual, spiritless, dispirited, dispiriting, spiritedness, respiration