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filled with melancholy and despondency
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adjective
filled with melancholy and despondency
“gloomy at the thought of what he had to face”
adjective
not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
“we can't work because the computer is down”
adjective
shut
“the shades were down”
adjective
lower than previously
“the market is depressed”
adjective
understood perfectly
“had his algebra problems down”
adjective
being put out in a game of baseball
“two down in the bottom of the ninth”
adjective
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
“the down staircase”
adjective
becoming progressively lower
“the down trend in the real estate market”
adjective
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
“lay face down”
adverb
spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
“don't fall down”
adverb
away from a more central or a more northerly place
“was sent down to work at the regional office”
adverb
paid in cash at time of purchase
“put ten dollars down on the necklace”
adverb
in an inactive or inoperative state
“the factory went down during the strike”
adverb
to a lower intensity
“he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black”
adverb
from an earlier time
“the story was passed down from father to son”
noun
(American football) a complete play to advance the football
“you have four downs to gain ten yards”
noun
soft fine feathers
noun
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
noun
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
verb
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
“refine one's style of writing”
verb
bring down or defeat (an opponent)
verb
eat up completely, as with great appetite
“Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal”
verb
drink down entirely
“He downed three martinis before dinner”
verb
cause to come or go down
“The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect”
verb
shoot at and force to come down
“the enemy landed several of our aircraft”
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Example Sentences
gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
gloomy predictions
a gloomy silence
took a grim view of the economy
the darkening mood
we can't work because the computer is down
the shades were down
the market is depressed
prices are down
had his algebra problems down
two down in the bottom of the ninth
the down staircase
the downward course of the stream
the down trend in the real estate market
lay face down
the moon is down
our team is down by a run
down by a pawn
the stock market is down today
don't fall down
rode the lift up and skied down
prices plunged downward
was sent down to work at the regional office
worked down on the farm
came down for the wedding
flew down to Florida
put ten dollars down on the necklace
the factory went down during the strike
the computer went down again
he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black
the story was passed down from father to son
you have four downs to gain ten yards
refine one's style of writing
Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal
The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them
He downed three martinis before dinner
She killed a bottle of brandy that night
They popped a few beers after work
The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect
The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet
the enemy landed several of our aircraft
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