Definition of Low-spirited

1. Adjective. Filled with melancholy and despondency. "Feeling discouraged and downhearted"

Exact synonyms: Blue, Depressed, Dispirited, Down, Down In The Mouth, Downcast, Downhearted, Gloomy, Grim, Low
Similar to: Dejected
Derivative terms: Dispiritedness, Downheartedness, Gloominess, Gloominess, Lowness, Low-spiritedness

Definition of Low-spirited

1. Adjective. Disheartened. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Low-spirited

low-pitched
low-powered
low-pressure
low-priced
low-rent
low-resolution
low-rise
low-salt diet
low-set
low-set ear
low-slope roof
low-sodium diet
low-speed
low-spirited (current term)
low-spiritedness
low-studded
low-sudsing
low-tech
low-tension
low-thoughted
low-toned
low-voltage
low-warp-loom
low-water mark
low C
low Earth orbit
low Fowler's
low St Andrew's cross

Literary usage of Low-spirited

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Adventures of Christopher Hawkins by Christopher Hawkins, Charles Ira Bushnell (1864)
"men were very low spirited; our provisions ordinary, and very scanty. It consisted of worm-eaten ship bread, and salt beef. It was supposed that this bread ..."

2. The Journals of Washington Irving (hitherto Unpublished) by Washington Irving (1919)
"Felt singularly low spirited. Dreaded to throw myself , once more into this turbulent stream of life and to encounter the harrassing parade and dissipation ..."

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