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Definition of Downheartedness
1. Noun. A feeling of low spirits. "He felt responsible for her lowness of spirits"
Generic synonyms: Sadness, Unhappiness
Derivative terms: Dispirited, Dispirited, Downhearted, Low-spirited, Low, Low
Definition of Downheartedness
1. Noun. The characteristic of being downhearted; sadness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Downheartedness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Downheartedness
Literary usage of Downheartedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Materia Medica and Special Therapeutics of the New Remedies by Edwin Moses Hale (1880)
"Sadness and downheartedness, with disposition to cry, and the peculiar desire
for food, with disgust at it when brought to him, are all similar to ..."
2. Homœopathic Therapeutics by Samuel Lilienthal (1890)
"bling, frequent yawning and stretching; headache, vertigo, sleeplessness,
downheartedness and irritability ; illusions of sight and hearing; ..."
3. The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom on the Second Epistle of St. Paul the by John Chrysostom, J. Ashworth (1848)
"For how is it not absurd, if whilst removing another's downheartedness, thou art
thyself downhearted ? for so thou no longer sufferest it to be alms. ..."
4. South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917 by Ernest Henry Shackleton (1920)
"Hussey, with his cheeriness and his banjo, was another vital factor in chasing
away any tendency to downheartedness. Once they were settled in their ..."
5. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1873)
"... really, pushed it away in a pet; we all havo our little weaknesses, and an
utter inability to stand the sight of another person's downheartedness is one ..."
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