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Meanings of downhearted in English

Filled with melancholy and despondency.

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      1
      In that case, I want you not to be downhearted or disappointed.
      The Scar
      2
      Do not be downhearted; it will all come right in the end.
      Beatrice
      3
      At any rate, I was too jolly downhearted to court another refusal.
      The Path to Honour
      4
      But he was not a man to become downhearted on that account.
      Orley Farm
      5
      The door is chained and locked but Peter Tremayne is not downhearted.
      Further adventures
      6
      Joe was a lover of his fellow-man, and disliked seeing anyone downhearted.
      The Face and the Mask
      7
      You both look pretty downhearted, if you'll pardon me for saying so.
      The Camp in the Snow; Or, Besieged by Danger
      8
      I don't feel half so downhearted as I did a minute ago.
      Cashel Byron's Profession
      9
      They tramped off, anxious and downhearted, under the eyes of the crowd.
      The lord of the rings
      10
      Is it any wonder, under those circumstances, that no one was downhearted?
      With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia / 1916—1917
      11
      Yet when the news of Bantry Bay reached Rathconan, Conall was not downhearted.
      The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
      12
      So far he has not returned, but they are not downhearted.
      The god delusion
      13
      Far from being chastened or downhearted, both exuded an air of gloating triumphalism.
      The Irish Times
      14
      The wounded men no longer were downhearted, but eager to rejoin the fray.
      America's War for Humanity
      15
      Jimmy continued to feel downhearted; and this afternoon he told us his story.
      Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico
      16
      Nor was he downhearted when the scurvy broke out on his own body.
      The Red One
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