low spirits
Feeling down inside
Low spirits is a state of sadness, dejection, or mild depression—the opposite of high spirits.
The phrase treats mood as something with elevation: She's been in low spirits since the breakup.
Someone in low spirits lacks energy and enthusiasm, though the condition is usually temporary rather than clinical.
Low in spirits
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- downcastSad or despondent
- disheartenedLost confidence or hope
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
demoralized · discouraged · glum · downhearted · melancholic · sorrowful · woeful · forlorn
Prolonged low state
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- sadnessState of emotional pain
- doldrumsState of inactivity
- funkDepression or groove music
slump · malaise · ennui · languor · lethargy · listlessness · apathy · torpor
Beyond possibility of success
- pessimisticExpecting negative outcomes
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- defeatedOvercome in contest
- resignedYielded to circumstances
fatalistic · despairing · cynical · nihilistic · defeatist · negative · dark · dire
dejected
Low in spirits
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- downcastSad or despondent
- disheartenedLost confidence or hope
crestfallen · demoralized · discouraged · glum · downhearted · melancholic · sorrowful · woeful · forlorn · disconsolate
depression
Prolonged low state
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- sadnessState of emotional pain
- doldrumsState of inactivity
funk · slump · malaise · ennui · languor · lethargy · listlessness · apathy · torpor · heaviness
hopeless
Beyond possibility of success
- pessimisticExpecting negative outcomes
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- defeatedOvercome in contest
resigned · fatalistic · despairing · cynical · nihilistic · defeatist · negative · dark · dire · dismal
gloomy
Dark and dispiriting
dour · brooding · moody · lugubrious · saturnine · dolorous · mournful · funereal · leaden · heavy
- mood idiomsbad mood, black mood, dark mood, foul mood, in a mood
- sadnesssad, unhappy, grief, sorrowful, heartbroken
- discouragementdiscouragement, dejection, defeatism, disappointment, letdown
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Lively, cheerful state
elation · joy · happiness · euphoria · cheerfulness
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Lively, cheerful state
vivacity · liveliness · exuberance · animation · spiritedness
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